aide memoir for classing 'needled trees'

[g4ghb]

I seem to remember reading somewhere a simple classing system for trees with needles - can anyone confirm / correct this?

single needles - spruce
needles in pairs - pines

and the bit i'm unsure of - needles in bunches (lots) - larch / fir

I'm sure there was a neater way and firs don't seem to fit.....

 

[Mang]

I was told lots of needles = Larch. This is an area I need to work on!

 

[EdS]

needles in carpet = christmas

 

[g4ghb]

I was told lots of needles = Larch. This is an area I need to work on!

ok so if we go for lots of needles - larch

can we differentiate fir trees at all?

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I seem to remember reading somewhere a simple classing system for trees with needles - can anyone confirm / correct this?

single needles - spruce
needles in pairs - pines

and the bit i'm unsure of - needles in bunches (lots) - larch / fir

I'm sure there was a neater way and firs don't seem to fit.....

Thats what I was tort, so to go out on a limb (Pun intended) that is correct.

 

[hedgepig]

Lumpy larch!

 

[scanker]

It's at home, so I don't have it in front of me, but I have an FSC laminated chart for trees and it's excellent. Someone on here recommended them and I agree they're excellent.

http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubsinfo.aspx?Code=OP51

I can look later, if you like, or you might be able to make out some detail from the image in the link.

 

[redneck]

some pines have 3 or 5 needles so could be confused with larch, a field quide is a good idea.

 

[Humpback]

I learned the single=spruce; pair=pine and lots=larch but take the Field Studies Council's Tree Name chart which is well illustrated, lightweight and stowable on walks with a more comprehensive tree book left in the car. They're cheap too.
Alan