CYCADS
Family: Cycadaceae
Note pinnately compound leaf. Draw a leaflet showing venation. How does this leaf differ from those of Zamia
Cycas circinalis
Family: Zamiaceae
Zamia floridana
Zamia furfuracea
Macrozamia moorei
Ceratozamia robusta
Encephalartos sp.
Dioon edule
Gynkgos
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Note the short shoots and leaf shape
Ginkgo biloba
Conifers
Family: Pinaceae
Note long and short shoots
Cedrus deodara (true cedar)
Picea spp. (spruce)
Pseudotsuga spp.
Tsuga canadensis
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris (long leaf pine)
Pinus (microstrobili)
Look closely at leaf arrangement, long/short shoots
Pinus taeda
Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine)
Pinus sabiniana (digger pine)
Note the thin ovulate scales
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Family: Cupressaceae
Cunninghamia lanceolata (China fir)
Taxodium distichum
Which is the leaf arrangement
Cryptomeria japonica
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant redwood, sequoia)
Platycladus orientalis
Juniperus virginiana var silicicola (Southern red cedar)
Family: Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus macrophyllus
Reduced cone with fleshy seed
Nageia nagi
Family: Araucariaceae
Monkey puzzle tree
Araucaria bidwillii
Araucaria heterophylla
Agathis robusta
Family: Taxaceae
Taxus floridana
Torreya nucifera
Family: Cephalotaxaceae (extra)
Cephalotaxus sp.
