Virginia Native Conifers

Pinacea- Pine Family

Spruce, Pines, Hemlocks, Firs, Larches, Douglas-Fir

Cypreassasea- Cypress Family

Junipers, Bald + Pond Cypress, True Cedars

Taxcacea- Yew family

Needles: flat, dark green

Fruit: red fleshy aril (not a cone)

No true cone

Very shade tolerant

Picea- Spruce Genus

Abies- Fir Genus

Tsuga- Hemlock Genus

Cedrus- Cedar family

Deodar, Atlas, Lebanon

FASTEST ID CLUE: needles in clusters on pegs

Needles: stiff, clustered

Cones: upright (fir-like)

Bark: scaly, gray

Mostly ornamental in East Coast

Pseudotsuga menziesii- Douglas Fir Genus

Deodar Cedar

Atlas Cedar

Lebanon Cedar

Bald Cypress

Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens

Tamarack/Eastern Larch

Larix laricina

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Balsam Fir

Abies balsam

Fraser Fir

Abies Fraseri

Red Spruce

Picea rubens

White Spruce

Picea glauca

Black Spruce

Picea mariana

Norway Spruce

Picea Abies

Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Pitch Pine

Shortleaf Pine

Longleaf Pine

Loblolly Pine

Leyland cypress

Atlantic White Cedar

Japanese Cedar

Concolar Fir

Canaan Fir

Noble Fir

Eastern Hemlock

Carolina Hemlock