Salvitelli's Favorite Trees
Conifer, large terminal buds, 1.5" needles, no pegs on twig
Pseudotsuga/Douglas-fir
leaves like rabbit-feet, 3-small lobes, woody-stem, grow in LP
Purshia/Bitterbrush
deciduous, 5-lobes, samara fruit, palmate veins
Acer/Big leaf maple
Juniperus/Western juniper
3 long needles per fascicle
Pinus/Ponderosa pine
Arbutus/Pacific madrone
smells good, white/waxy look, small wrinkly leaves
Artemisia/Sagebrush
deciduous, sharp-pointed and serrate margin, thin green leaves, nested veins
Mahonia/Tall Oregon grape
deciduous, gold on back, thick and leathery, smooth margin
Chrysolepis/Golden chinkapin
produces white wood, grown from big, lobed leaves
Acer/big leaf maple
conifer, small needles, extremely pokey/sharp, pegs on twigs
Picea Engelmann spruce
Ceanothus/Snowbrush
conifer, small round needles, pointed tips, pegs on twig, small scaly cones
Tsuga/Western Hemlock
conifer, more than 4 needles in bundle, pegs on twig
Pinus/Western white pine
produces reddish wood, white bark, egg-shaped leaves, fleshy fruits, name matches color or wood
Alnus, Red Alder
conifer, big and small alternating needles, white bloom on underside, hockey-stick needle shape
Abies/Grand fir
Gaultheria/Salal
conifer, but sheds in fall and turns color, bundles of needles
Larix/Western Larch
Populus/Quaking aspen
Thuja/Western redcedar
grows near coast, scale-like needles, flat, fern-like twig
Thuja/Western redcedar
thin, light-green and white stem, wispy yellow flowers
Ericameria/Rabbitbrush
deciduous, egg-shaped, serrate margins, fleshy fruit
Alnus/Red alder
deciduous, thin/narrow leaf, lance-shape margin, alternate arrangement
Salix/Willow
beautiful, red/orange wood, grown from deciduous tree, thick and leathery leaves,
Arbutus/Pacific madrone