Tag Archives: conifer

Who what pine?

Posted on June 26, 2014 by julie a. fukuda / portland tree tour

Confusion abounds with respect to nomenclature of conifers. In the pine family we have Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, which is neither a true fir (genus Abies) nor hemlock, as its genus name implies – “Pseudo” meaning false, and “tsuga,” hemlock.  … Continue reading →

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China fir tree tour

Posted on February 18, 2014 by julie a. fukuda / portland tree tour

I’ve recently “discovered” 4 China fir trees, Cunninghamia lanceolata,  in my travels around town — in quotation marks because my more recent finding is a list of these very trees (well, three out of the four) in the pages of … Continue reading →

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Purple Plumes – January 2014 Foliage Follow-up

Posted on January 16, 2014 by julie a. fukuda / portland tree tour

A few weeks ago, I was taking a walk in SE Portland and passed this tree at SE 22nd and Ash. Japanese plume-cedar, Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans,’ is green most of the year, and then turns bronzy purple or red-brown in … Continue reading →

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