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Learning To Identify The Trees of the Pacific Northwest Rainforest

Can you identify the different trees found in the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest stretching from Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia to Alaska?

Here's how to start identifying the common trees in the temperate rainforest ecosystems such as the Douglas Fir, ...more ↓

western redcedar 1
Thuja plicata
western hemlock 2
Tsuga heterophylla
bigleaf maple 3
Acer macrophyllum
common Douglas-fir 4
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Vine Maple 5
Acer circinatum
black cottonwood 6
Populus trichocarpa
Red Alder 7
Alnus rubra
Pacific Dogwood 8
Cornus nuttallii
Cascara 9
Frangula purshiana
ponderosa pine 10
Pinus ponderosa
lodgepole pine 11
Pinus contorta
Sitka spruce 7
Picea sitchensis
mountain hemlock 12
Tsuga mertensiana
Pacific yew 13
Taxus brevifolia
Pacific madrone 14
Arbutus menziesii
grand fir 15
Abies grandis
Oregon oak 16
Quercus garryana
Pacific silver fir 17
Abies amabilis
water birch 11
Betula occidentalis
Nootka cypress 18
Cupressus nootkatensis
Engelmann spruce 19
Picea engelmannii
Black Hawthorn 20
Crataegus douglasii
paper birch 21
Betula papyrifera
Pacific Crab Apple 7
Malus fusca
black cottonwood 6
Populus trichocarpa
ponderosa pine 10
Pinus ponderosa
Bitter cherry 22
Prunus emarginata

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