Transcription of Common Trees of Alaska - US Forest Service
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Common Trees of Alaska United States Prepared by Alaska Region Department of Forest Service R10-XX-XXX. Agriculture August 2009. Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla Mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana Needles Needles Light- to medium-green on top, with two whit- Dark green, white lines on both surfaces, more- ish parallel lines beneath, needles are unequal or-less equal in length, 1/2 to 1 inch long;. in length from 1/4 to 7/8 inch long; Soft and growing from all sides of the branch in Blunt-tipped, soft, shiny, and flat, generally a bottle brush pattern. growing from two sides of branch parallel to Cones the ground. Purplish when young, brown when mature;. Cones Cylindrical, 1 to 2-1/2 inches long.
Alaska yellow-cedar Cupressus nootkatensis Needles • Scalelike, overlapping, sharp pointed, 1/16 to ... (growing much taller in southern part of range) and 2 to 4 feet in diameter (occasionally reach- ... Shore pine – Pinus contorta var. contorta Needles
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