PINACEAE Abies lasiocarpa
subalpine fir
leaves: flat, radially spreading, turn up on twig, short needles around 1 inch, tightly spaced
female cones: upright, deciduous, purple, 2-4 inches long
VIBURNACEAE Viburnum davidii
parking lot plant
leaves: three vein, ladder-like secondary veins
dark-bluish green
flowers: white/pinkish
fruit: drupe-metallic blue
3-4 foot shrub
ERICACEAE Pieris japonica
Alternate (looks whorled but just compressed), pendulous infl. (panicles/branched racemes), white urn-shaped flowers, new growth orange to red
HAMAMELIDACEAE Hamamelis
Oblique base, deeply undulate or serrate margin, palmate and pinnate veins on same leaf
infl: persistent sepals, yellow/orange/red flowers like crinkled tissue paper
MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia
leaves: ovate to obovate, can be very large
flowers: solitary, terminal, large buds with fuzzy scales
MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia stellata
Obovate, 5" long leaves, lots of 3-5" long tepals, white, reflexed back, leaves leave ring scar on branch
BERBERIDACEAE Epimedium
Ternately compound, cordate, palmately veined, long, thin wiry-looking petiole, small nodding infl., 4 flat or spur like petals, creeping rhizomes
THEACEAE Camellia
Simple, serrate leaves, leathery, solitary, sessile flowers, perfect, radial, large and showy, white/pink/red, many stamens all fused at base
Trees or shrubs
PINACEAE Abies
-Leaves are needle-like, flat 3/4-2" long
-White stomatal bands on lower surface (usually)
-Female cones upright, deciduous, and large - up to 10" tall
ERICACEAE Arbutus unedo
Strawberry tree
serrate, simple to oblong, above-lustrous dark green
tree to 30ft
evergreen
ARECACEAE Trachycarpus fortunei
Windmill Palm
Fan shaped, round but deeply lobed
long petioles with teeth along margin
ARALIACEAE Fatsia japonica
7-9 lobed leaves, rounded sinus, distinct u shaped leaf scar on branch, extremely long petioles, many large stems
PINACEAE Tsuga
hemlock
-Leaves spirally arranged but usually 2-ranked
-White stomatal bands on lower surface
-Nodding leaders
PINACEAE Tsuga heterophylla
Western Hemlock
linear spirally arranged leaves, varied sizes on one branch, 2 white bands of stomata, indistinct green margin, small 1" cones, sessile
PINACEAE Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas Fir
deeply furrowed
pointy, reddish orange bud tips
BERBERIDACEAE Berberis nervosa
dull Oregon grape
Pinnately compound
yellow flowers
shorter
BERBERIDACEAE Berberis aquifolium
tall Oregon grape
Pinnately compound
shinier
CUPRESSACEAE Juniperus
Juniper
awl-shaped whorled
dioecious
TAXACEAE Taxus
linear and flat leaves, decurrent (leaf base extends down the stem), 2-ranked, female cones form a single seed with a fleshy red aril, twigs can be green, very wide spreading branches
TAXACEAE Taxus brevifolia
Pacific yew
flat needles
single seed surrounded by red cup