FFA California Forestry Plant ID

White Fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

white fir

5-8 inches

white fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

white fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

white fir

5-8 inches

white fir

Needles like hockey sticks that go all around

Red Fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

red fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

red fir

pay attention to how the needles grow on the stem

red fir

multicolored and different length needles. looks like piano keys

Grand Fir

California Box-elder

california box-elder

umbrella

Big leaf maple

big leaf maple

looks like rosemary

Chamise

California Buckeye

California Buckeye

parallel veins and margin not rolled over

White Alder

unrolled margins

white alder

parallel veins and leaf margin slightly rolled under

Red Alder

red alder

wont be presented by itself but can help indicate

alder

Pacifica Madrone

manzanita

manzanita

Leaves serrated: teeth features numerous, closely set, small and stiff egg-shaped, grey-green **leaves**, somewhat jagged on the edges and covered in a waxy coating

Coyote Bush

coyote bush

coyote bush

Oregon Grape

water birch

water birch

Incense Cedar

incense cedar

Smooth margin

Buckbrush

Deciduous: leaves 1-3 inches, alternative, oval, lighter on underside. Not waxy like other ceanothus

Deerbrush

one of three that has thorns

Chaparral Whitethorn

looks like a lily pad

Western Redbud

smooth margins and clam shaped. dark wood, can be fuzzy

Mountain Mahogany

Sierra Mountain Misery

Port-Orford Cedar

port-orford cedar

port-orford cedar

port-orford cedar

green above and golden below; smooth margins.

Golden Chinkapin

golden chinkapin

golden chinkapin

parallel veins

Pacific Dogwood

pacific dogwood

has deep green sticky leaves 3 to 7 centimeters long

Monkey Flower

fuzzy underside of the leaves. The leaves are tough and leathery, simple, long (3 to 4 inches), and slender (lanceolate), often sticky with resin, with alternate arrangement along the stem

Yerba Santa

Oregon Ash

Green above; lighter beneath, leaf thick or leathery, alternate, evergreen, usually palmately compound with three rounded lobes, covered with fuzzy stellate hairs

Flannel Bush

Needles are 4-6 inches in **length** and shiny green, twisted, but flimsy and skinny

Monterey Cypress

Monterey cypress

Leaves, simple, alternative, 2-4 in. finely serrated edges,leaves lighter underneath

Toyon

california Black Walnut

California black walnut

california black walnut

California Juniper

lupine

lupine

lupine

tertiary veins look like abs on a body builder, bodybuilders are tan

Tanoak

Sitka Spruce

sitka spruce

sitka spruce

3 (3-7 inches)

Knobcone Pine

3 (3-7 inches)

Knobcone Pine

Knobcone Pine

knobcone pine

2 (1-3 inch)

lodgepole pine

lodgepole pine

2 (1-3 inch)

lodgepole pine

2 (1-3 inch)

lodgepole pine

Coulter pine

3 (up to 12 inches)

coulter pine

3 (up to 10 inches)

Jeffrey pine

jeffrey pine

5 (2-4 inch)

Sugar Pine

sugar pine

1

Single leaf pinyon

5 (2-4 inches)

Western white pine

2 (3-6.5 inches)

Bishop Pine

3 (up to 10 inches)

Ponderosa Pine

3 (4-6 inches)

Monterey Pine

3 (up to 10 inches)

Grey or Foothill pine

5 (up to 11 inches)

Torrey pine

pointy, fuzzy

California Sycamore

large serrations, heart shape

Fremont Cottonwood

finely serrated

Black Cottonwood

Quaking Aspen

needles go all around

Douglas Fir

Bracken Fern

cupped like a boat

California Coastal Live Oak

lighter green on underside

Canyon Live Oak

looks like a cow tongue. can have serrated or wavy margins

Blue Oak

tridents

California Black Oak

deep valleys

Valley Oak

smooth or serrated leaf margin

Interior Live Oak