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Araucaria araucana (N)

Common name: monkey puzzle tree

Family name: Araucariaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  evergreen conifer

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7-10

Mature height and spread:  15-25; 7-10m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: well-drained soil; moderately fertile; evenly moist; full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  simple, alternate, spirally arranged, spiny pointed

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  10-18cm long, 8-15 wide; imbricate scales; pineapple-shaped

Limitations: not drought tolerant

Suitable uses:  ornamental landscape specimen

Quick ID description:  spiny pointed, spirally, alternate; imbricate, pineapple-shaped

Photographs: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/ararauc.htm

Calocedrus decurrens

Common name: incense cedar

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Maupin Glow’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5-8

Mature height and spread:  20-35m; 3-6m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: well-drained, moist, fertile soils

Leaf arrangement:  scale like, decurrent and overlapping, flattened sprays, highly aromatic, fluted pattern

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  small, cylindrical, 2-2.5 cm; composed of 6 scales, the scales are flattened and pointed, disintegrating when ripen

Limitations: drought tolerant

Suitable uses:  specimen, background tree

Quick ID description:  highly aromatic, fluted pattern

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cade.htm

Cedrus atlantica

Common name: Atlas cedar

Family name: Pinaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  6-9

Mature height and spread:  13-20m; 10-11m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: deep, well-drained, acidic loams; full sun

Leaf arrangement:  clustered on short shoot or alternate on long shoot, about 2cm, shorter than deodara

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  female cone are upright, imbricate, barrel-shape

Limitations: drought tolerant

Suitable uses:  specimen plant

Quick ID description:  short needle; imbricate, barrel-shape

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/ceat.htm

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a157

http://conifersaroundtheworld.com/photos/cedrus_atlantica_cones_rbgedinburgh

Cedrus deodara

Common name: Deodar cedar

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Shalimar’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7-8

Mature height and spread:  10-16m; 10-13m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: deep, moist, well-drained, acidic loams; full sun.

Leaf arrangement:  clustered on short shoot or alternate on long shoot; longer than atlantica

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  upright, single or in pairs, ovoid, 7.5-10 cm long, take 2 years to mature

Limitations: drought tolerant

Suitable uses:  specimen tree for large lawn

Quick ID description:  spirally, whorled, spur-like stem; upright cone

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cede.htm

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Common name: Lawson cypress

Family name: Cupressaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5-8

Mature height and spread:  35-55m; 10-20m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: average, moist, well-drained soils; full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement:  “X” makings on the underside, opposite pair, closely pressed

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  peltate, valvate scales; globose, 8mm, blue-green then brown

Limitations: shelter from strong winds; avoid wet, poorly-drained soils

Suitable uses:  ornamental planting

Quick ID description:  “X”, globose

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/chla.htm

Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Group

Common name: Sawara Cypress

Family name: Cupressaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4-8

Mature height and spread:  2-6m; 1-2m

Form: evergreen conifer, droopy mound

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: average, medium, well-drained soils; full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  branchlets thin, needle in opposite pairs, gray-green

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  small and globose cone, black-brown when ripe

Suitable uses:  rock gardens, foundation planting, specimen

Quick ID description:  strong smell, small and globose

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/chpif.htm

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a187

Cryptomeria japonica

Common name: Japanese cedar

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘ Radicans’ ‘ Elegans Nana’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5-9

Mature height and spread:  15-18m; 6-10m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist, rich, well-drained, acidic soils; full sun

Leaf arrangement:  awl-shaped needles, needle point forward; spirally arranged, 6-20mm, curved

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  cones are terminal, like a ball, 10-12mm wide

Limitations: tolerate light shade; should be protected from drying winter winds

Suitable uses:  large specimen tree, screen

Quick ID description:  awl-shaped needle; cones are terminal

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/crja.htm

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Common name: China fir

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Glauca’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7-9

Mature height and spread:  10-25m; 3-10m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist, acidic, well-drained soils; part shade

Leaf arrangement:  stiff, narrowly, spirally arranged, 3-7cm long, base is widest, curve, sharp; stomatal bands on both surfaces

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  rounded, walnut-sized; scales pointed and spreading

Limitations: tolerate full sun

Suitable uses:  specimen

Quick ID description:

Photographs:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/culan.htm

https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jhayden/conifers/cunninghamia.html

Juniperus sabina

Common name: savin juniper

Family name: Cupressaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  3-7

Mature height and spread:  1-2m; 2-3m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: average, medium moisture, well-drained soils; full sun no shade

Leaf arrangement:  both needle and scale-like leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  globose, 5-7mm

Limitations: Intolerant of wet soils; Tolerant of some drought once established

Suitable uses:  foundations; small garden; hedge

Quick ID description:  needle or scale; globose

Photographs:

http://www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_sabina.php