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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 hemlock 1
Tsuga heterophylla
common Douglas-fir 2
Pseudotsuga menziesii
ponderosa pine 3
Pinus ponderosa
lodgepole pine 4
Pinus contorta
Sitka spruce 5
Picea sitchensis
mountain hemlock 6
Tsuga mertensiana
grand fir 7
Abies grandis
Pacific silver fir 8
Abies amabilis
Engelmann spruce 9
Picea engelmannii
ponderosa pine 3
Pinus ponderosa

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