Coniferous Forest and North vs South-Facing Slopes Lab Quiz

Basket Bush

-It has three leaflets that look very similar to

Poison Oak

Black Oak

-Leaves are large and significantly lobed

with points at the end of them

-The bark is dark brown/grey

-Leaves are shiny and bright green

Canyon Live Oak

-Leaves are flat

-There is a goldish powder/fine hairs on the

underside of the leaves

Coast Live Oak

-Leaves are dark green on top and umbrella-

shaped (convex) with toothed edges (spurs)

Coulter Pine

-Needles in bundles of 3

-Largest pine cone in the world

-Dark brown bark

Desert Ceanothus

Eastwood Manzanita

-Smooth, polished reddish bark

-Leaves are grey-green; they have a rough,

sandpaper texture

Great Basin Sagebrush

Holly Leaf Cherry

Incense Cedar

-The bark has a pineapple or

butterscotch scent

-Flattened leaves resemble wine glasses

-The color of the bark is cinnamon

brown (orange-red)

Jeffery Pine

-The needles occur in

bundles of three

-cones curve inward making them

easy to hold

-The bark is often riddled with

shallow holes

Mountain Lilac

-Leaves are bright green, smooth, and long

-Has many branches that are arching, tangled, and sprawling (like a green firework)

Mountain Mahogany

-Dark green, deeply veined leaves

-Have hairy, feather-like fruits

Pinyon Pine

-Needles in bundles of 4

-Short, stiff, prickly needles (1.5-2

inches)

Red Shanks

Sugar Bush

Sugar Pine

-Tallest pine and it also has the longest

cone—over one foot long

-Needles in bundles of 5