1. Araucaria araucana
Common name: monkey-puzzle tree
Family name: Araucariaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: Full sun to part shade
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Limitations: Some pests. dangerous needles
Suitable uses: cooler area: Winter Interest,
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2. Calocedrus decurrens
Common name: incense cedar
Family name:Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: low maintance
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Limitations: Heart rot and rust
Suitable uses: Hedge
Quick ID description: showy yellow flower on the top of the branches
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3. Cedrus atlantica
Common name: Atlas cedar
Family name: Pinaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 6
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium to low
Soil requirements: full sun, low maintance
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Limitations: Tip blight . branches easy to break by snow
Suitable uses: cooler area: Specimen plant.
Quick ID description: 1. broader leaves
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4. Cedrus deodara
Common name:Himalayan cedar
Family name: Pinaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-8
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: low to medium
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Limitations: Not tough
Suitable uses: cooler area: Specimen tree for large lawns. Prune as a screen or hedge.
Quick ID description: 1.thinner leaves and fine texture
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5. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Common name: Lawson’s cypress
Family name: Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: full sun to part shade
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Limitations: spreading dease! Phytophthora lateralis
Suitable uses: cooler area: graft into thuja
Quick ID description: rounded scale, small cones.
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6. Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Group
Common name: the true fir/ beautiful fir
Family name: Pinaceae
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Quick ID description: thin branches
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7. Cryptomeria japonica
Common name: Japanese cedar
Family name: Cupressaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: Sun: Full sun
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Limitations: Leaf blight and leaf spot.
Suitable uses: Large specimen tree. Screen.
Quick ID description: has curved needles
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8. Cunninghamia lanceolata
Common name: China-fir
Family name: Cupressaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: Full sun to part shade
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Limitations: not hard
Suitable uses: specimen.
Quick ID description: 1. hard pointy leaves
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9. Juniperus sabina
Common name: savin juniper
Family name: Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 to 7
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Form: ev. sh. cone
Water use: M
Soil requirements: Sun: Full sun well-drained
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Limitations: susceptible to tip and needle blights.
Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
Quick ID description: 2 types of growth, the needles are small
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10. Picea omorika
Common name:Serbian spruce
Family name: Pinaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
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Sun: Full sun to part shade
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Limitations: insect problems
Suitable uses: Street Tree
Quick ID description: 1. not pointy leaves 2. half green half white 3. leaf has 3 edges
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11. Pinus ponderosa (N)
Common name: the true fir/ beautiful fir
Family name: Pinaceae
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Form: ev. tr. cone
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Limitations: need full sun
Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
Quick ID description: 1. 3 needles in a bundle
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12. Pinus strobus
Common name: eastern white pine
Family name: Pinaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
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Suitable uses: specimen tree
Quick ID description: 5 needles in a bundle
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13. Sequoia sempervirens
Common name: coast redwood
Family name: Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9
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Form: ev. tr. cone
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Sun: Full sun
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Limitations: needs a large space.
Suitable uses: needs a large space.
Quick ID description: 1. green branches
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14. Sequoiadendron giganteum
Common name: giant sequoia
Family name: Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 6 to 8
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use: Medium
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Sun: Full sun
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Limitations: Dieback, blight and butt
Suitable uses: cooler area: needs a very large space
Quick ID description: 1. leaves: 2 in 180 degree, 1 in the middle
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15. Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’
Common name: the true fir/ beautiful fir
Family name: Pinaceae
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Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
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16. Taxus baccata ‘Repandens’
Common name: the true fir/ beautiful fir
Family name: Pinaceae
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Form: ev.sh. cone
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Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
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17. Taxus × media
Common name: yew
Family name: Taxaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
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Form: ev.sh. cone
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: well drained!
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Limitations: Root rot may occur in poorly-drained soils. expensive plant!
Suitable uses: cooler area: screen or hedge.
Quick ID description: small leaves
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18. Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’
Common name: American arborvitae
Family name: Cupressaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 2 to 7
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Form: ev. tr. cone
Water use:Medium
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Sun: Full sun to part shade
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Limitations: Susceptible to damage in winter snow.
Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
Quick ID description: specimen or backgound
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19. Thujopsis dolobrata
Common name: lizard tree
Family name: Cupressaceae
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Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
Quick ID description: 1. like lizard scales
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20. Tsuga canadensis
Common name: Canadian hemlock
Family name: Pinaceae
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Suitable uses: cooler area: mountains, coast moisture
Quick ID description: 1. darkest leaves
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