Know Your Trees - Conifer Identification
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- Yes, I know it is cedar, not ceder. It was a typo. I'm excellent at typos.
Some basic tips for identifying coniferous trees in the northern hemisphere, including cedar (Cupressaceae family), spruce (Picea sp.), fir (Abies sp), hemlock (Tsuga sp.), douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga sp.), and pine (Pinus sp.).
I had to be somewhat general since there is lots of variation with each of these groups. I look at clues in their profile, needles, bark, and cone. And yes, I do realize that conifers have male cones as well. I chose to ignore that fact to simplify things.
As some have pointed out, true cedars belong to the Cedrus genus and live in Asia. My bad.
Also, I'm the world's worst proofreader (well, at least when it comes to my own work). Abies lasiocarpa is subalpine fir, not balsam fir. The tree shown after (also labelled balsam fir) IS a balsam fir with the correct Latin name.
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Thanks for the overview. The internet is a wonderful way to share information! I have wondered about the differences in the conifers i see for decades, and you showed them to me in 13 minutes! Well done!
Glad you found it helpful.
I thank God for conifers, they are my favorites amongst the trees. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about conifers.
Thank you! Your identification tips are easy to understand and concise. Without saying too much you said everything that needed to be said, and your sense of humor is refreshing. Hope you make more videos! I immediately subscribed.
Glad it was helpful!
A brave subject to take on as conifers can be confusing to identify and name, Western red cedar for example is not a true cedar and like you say Douglas fir is not a true fir. A great addition to any tree identification playlist, thanks!
By true cedar do you mean genus cedrus? Since they don't grow on this continent (that I'm aware of), I've never heard them referred to as that, but still my reasoning for the disclaimer that cedars outside of north America may not be cupressaceae (which cedrus is not). I could add a note about that in the description, I suppose. Cedars do make life confusing. Thanks for watching :)
Yes I meant Cedrus, and like you say in N America cedar means western red. Once again great video.
Also hemlocks ive found have softer needles than any of these trees (not comparing the pines). . and as far as ive found shorter needles as well . . than the firs.
Ah ok . . what us the family name for the cedrus . . ya know the "true cedars" around the mediterannean region ? . .
In my language, our name for Sitka Spruce is sesek̓ás. It translates to something like "plant with many sharp points".
Interesting and aptly named.
Awesome info.
You have a great, genuine personality, funny, and it transmits well. You deliver a lot of information in a very accessible, digestible, and enjoyable manner.
Can you do a video (or videos) that address(es) committee diseases and treatments? I have a conifer (unidentified so far) that has a weeping wound on it that smells bad. I think it might be a yeast.
Yup, this video had exactly what I was hoping to learn! Thank you, and rock on.
Glad it was helpful!
I am a backpacker and birder. When I lived in Colorado, I broke off a piece of bark and it smelled of butterscotch.
This is an easy way to identify "Ponderous Pine!"
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I watched because I know trees. I was wrong. I learned a lot more about trees from this video. You know your trees. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and glad you learned something.
I am a (newer) hiker & birder & am inspired to learn how to identify the trees that the birds use for food & shelter. I also get curious when I notice the different colors & textures of tree bark when the leaves might look like they come from the same family.
I have used evergreen pitch mixed with ash for sealant and fire fuel..
I like that you include uses & medicinal info for the trees- I have been learning about plant medicine for many years but haven’t explored trees much yet til now.
Thanks so much for all the info in this video :)
Glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you for this video. I moved from the East coast to West coast US and have to learn a lot of new information. Your video is the best I’ve seen on the subject.
Glad it was helpful!
Best tree ID video I've ever seen! Immediately subscribed!
I am so happy you did a video on this - as they are starting to spring into action and I was wondering about a couple different ones in my area. Thanks! LOVE your style!
Thanks. I hope it helps :)
We are sheltering in place during the COVID 19 pandemic. We live in a place where we can go for walks outdoors without running into other people. This video is giving us the backbone for a tree identification curriculum we made up for ourselves. Thank you!
That's great to hear! Sounds a lot more fun than sitting in a classroom :)
When I hiked at Grove of the Patriarchs at Mt Rainier NP I read all the tree identification placards but I still had no idea what was what. You made it easier although I'll definitely have to watch this a few more times.
It's tough unless it's drilled into you, ideally by someone who is standing next to you.
One of the best identification videos I've found. very useful. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words :)
I love a good conifer. As a groundskeeper, i greatly appreciate the information
Great Vid. Used this a a basis for a home school science class as I now have to home school my 7 year old during the Coronovirus pandemic. She loved the multi-colored space-shifts! Then we went outside to collect pine cones and try to identify types.
That's great!! Take advantage of this time and get outside all that you can (away from people, of course).
Great video -- super helpful!
Great video Carley. I admire your information retention. There was so much in there it was a job to keep up. I never knew there were so many species and sub species. They sure are successful. Take care. Mark
I still had to research for it, but I like to attribute my plant info retention to an amazing college instructor.
Good teachers are priceless. What do they so though: To be a good teacher we first have to be a good pupil. I like that. All the best.
I’m from Hawaii and I was born in the island of Kauai and I can only find pines and pine cones up in Kokee on Kauai but from the mountains to the ocean we can find Norfolk pine trees everywhere . But I love conifer trees they are so interesting
Well, at least they are easy to ID :D. I've only been to the Big Island, but you have some amazing plant life there.
Wow you packed a lot of information into this one, Carley. Thanks for the lesson on conifers.
Thanks Tom! I hope you got something out of it :)
You're welcome, I definitely did!
This was lovely, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Basic tips :)) A full lecture on Conifers! You put a lot of work in this video. And the description! Thank you very much,
Thanks, I actually put off editing this for a whole year because I knew it was going to be a pain to edit, but I'm happy I did it. It was a good review for me.
That was so informative, thank you, you are so knowledgeable!
I’m an Arborist and I am very impressed with your knowledge. Grate video.
Thanks
Thank you this helped me feel more confident with my identification!
Thank you, conifer identification is something I'm working on and this has really help me.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for making and posting this video, it was real helpful. A lot of videos focus more on identifying the different hardwoods but I find the conifers a bit trickier
Absolutely amazing! Helped this Noob ID his Douglas firs, and have a laugh along the way! Great video! And hello from Nanaimo.
Thanks. Glad it helped :)
Great video, thank you! I'm learning how to ID Douglas firs so I can find chanterelles easier and this was super helpful!
Glad it helped! Happy mushroom hunting :)
Great video. U have a great narrating style and broke it down so well!
Thanks so much!
Great video! Very nice job teaching us how to ID so many conifers! When we had Plant ID class, we had to focus on the different types of pines and holly trees, since they are very prevalent in our area. Love the warping to different locations! Fun video!! I would guess for a bear hang, 10 feet from the ground, 5 feet from the trunk, 5 from the branch....? I've never had the occasion to do a bear hang.... so that's a guess.... :)
It would have been a close enough answer, but you aren't the first :(
That's OK - good to know I was close!! :)
Awesome educational video on preliminary introduction to coniferous genus and their most common species. I can’t wait to learn more!
I just adore the boreal forest. Temagami and Algonquin is my vacation spot.
And as for bears, 10ft above the ground, 6ft from the trunk and 6ft below the branch!
Thanks for the kind comments. The boreal forest is truly wonderful.
Your video is awesome, thank you! I like your personality and speaking voice. You taught me lots about these beautiful conifers.
Glad you learned something :)
A lot of information there, trees are something I need to read up on or watch more great videos like this on them. 🌲👍
You can never know too much about plants...or anything, I suppose.
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Great video! I made myself and my kids some tea the other night from tree needles, only to find out later that some are toxic! I know.... parent of the year award..
However, I'm pretty sure, thanks to your video, that the leaves in question were undoubtedly spruce! Thanks.
Good to hear. I didn't mention it in this video because they aren't very common, but if you live in the west, it would be worth looking up yew. They are the most toxic ones. I think they also might be used as an ornamental in other places.
Thank you, this was wonderful and very informative! I've had some trouble identifying some different trees from a distance, but this answered many questions.
also 12' off the ground, 5' from the tree, and 5' under the branch. all measurements are minimums
Thanks for the kind words.
Your knowledge is impressive. I'm loving your videos! Found out about your channel on Reddit. Yay!
Thanks! and welcome to my channel :D
This video is so fruitful and helpful!!! Thank you so much for uploading.
Glad you found it ueful, thank you
Great video! Thanks for making it! Just the information I was looking for. I am just starting to learn more about trees!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Carley,
Wow! That was a very good video, learned a lot.
Thanks for making and sharing it.
Like your style, I am subscriber now 😊
Blessings from Europe
Thank you :)
Thank you! 💚🌲 I’m trying to identify a very sickly-looking tree in our yard. We just moved in so we have no idea when it was planted (though the house was built in the early 70’s).
I THINK it’s some kind of spruce. Scaly bark, fairly poky needles, and papery scales on the cones. I’m not 100% though. The needles are only around 1cm long, the cones are around 3cm long, but the tree itself is around 18m tall (very roughly estimated).
What I’m trying to figure out is whether it’s sick, in the wrong climate, or just very, very old. In other words, whether it can be nursed back to health or not.
Spruce is a starting point though! My plant identification app doesn’t do well with conifers. Lol
Sounds like spruce for sure. Are you in western North America? We just moved onto a new piece of land and a lot of trees didn't fare well with the drought last year. Most spruce are pretty drought tolerant though. In fact, too wet is usually a bigger problem. It could also be diseased.
@@Nerding4Nature Thank you! North-eastern US. Western Pennsylvania, specifically. Maybe it’s too wet. We’re right next to a creek and in a valley. All the deciduous trees seem happy but that one, lone conifer looks… sad. Poor thing.
Holy college course Batman... I have a brain cramp Carley. That was intense and a ton of knowledge, thank you very much. I'll need to go get my notebook and watch this a few more times ;) Thanks for sharing, I needed this!
Best to chase this video with a beer. It'll make the info go down easier.
Lol, no way ...your an awesome wilderness instructor and I love these videos of yours!
Thanks for helping all the tree beards out there, great work
Very informative conifer tree identification ... Next time on the trail I'll be looking more closely at what trees are covering me :)
Thanks Gilbert!
The Last Grownup in the Woods you're welcome :)
Woahhhh just found you & love what to do. I'm an addict now 👍 just done a short course in arb, but tree knowledge still poor. I've been trying to I'd a tree. Most amazing smell like Xmas tree, pink heartwood, it was lite a 20 foot cone shape. My app id'd it as cedar or juniper, but that is wrong I'm sure 😬 texture if folia was more fluffy & fine Han any you mentioned here. I'd be so grateful for your help ❤️
This is a pretty late response, so sorry. Is the tree in a yard or park? My suspicion is that it's a cultivated cedar or juniper. There is quite a bit of variety in that family, so it's hard to say.
Impressive video, that must have taken a long time to edit and make. You've peaked my interest in knowing more about trees when I'm out herping. I found this video berry in-tree-guing. 😜
Good one! I actully filmed it last winter and put off editing it for a year because I knew it would be so much work.
Taxonomy is one of those things I have always struggled with, there are just too many variables and too much info. I always want to know it all if I take on a subject...I seldom do but I try! Great video Carley, I'll be back to watch it again.
Not to mention, that taxonomists never seem to be able to make up their minds.
Wonderful video would love one on how to make teas from these species
We're lucky to have so many different conifers here along the west coast. To me, the best-tasting one is the Grand Fir (Abies grandis), even the older needles. Although new needles from the Larch (Larix spp.) are pretty great, too. Well, I guess I would just keep saying how most all the edible conifers taste pretty good, lol, in their own way.
The smell of the true first is definitely the best, but I think I prefer the taste of hemlocks. I think it's more of a nostalgia thing though. I've never sampled larch. I'll get a video done on them at some point.
That's so cool..wish I could remember all that ...lol I'm in Florida seen you on Yankee's meet and greet .wich was great by the way ...and I subscribed :) I like your channel love learning about plants trees roots especially those that are good to eat. :)
Thanks and welcome!
Thanks for the video! Missing BC, give it a hug for me.
I couldn't fit me arms all the way around, so I had to settle for hugging a tree. Glad you like the video.
Fantastically informative video my friend! Yes the spruce here get huuuuuuge...
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
They are. I miss the west coast trees
Aside from all the awesome information your super cute n the way you talk make me wanna learn some more lol ^.^ thanks for the info I deff learn more about pines I’m trying to make bonsais out of some of these species
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for the informative video! I was reviewing my knowledge of conifers for mushroom picking!
Glad it was helpful! Happy picking!
My hemlock i found next to the road looks as you said waxy. but more like a Christmas tree shape I'm surprised its still looking good for it growing in a bad spot really i have cuttings from it. It was to big to dig up when it was young and it still is now to big my first cuttings from it I gave them away this year i took some new ones before it dies or gets cut down
I enjoyed it so much. Thanks very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good info Carley thanks for sharing not many bears here in the Desert
Great video, easy to digest... Learning is fun! Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
This video is absolutely great! I’ve been struggling with IDing trees since mushrooms are my strong point and this helps so much. Thank you!
I noticed you post some photos of indigenous folks using materials for the trees to make goods. Do you have any links providing resources to learn more about their practices? Always trying to learn and understand more about those who first lived on/off the land.
Glad you found it helpful. Mushrooms are my week point :). I would have gotten those photos out of an historical photo archive. If you are in the Pacific Northwest Plant Technology of British Columbia’s First Peoples by Nancy Turner is an excellent resource. Her Food Plants books are also very good.
@@Nerding4Nature yesss! Thank you for the recommendation!
Nice video, thanks for sharing!
A wealth of knowledge thank you for sharing! I'll be saving this video to reverance back to it.
Thanks Eric!
How advisable is it to harvest a large quality of pine needles or cedar tips for tea making and store in freezer until time to make a cup of tea? Or do we have to harvest just enough for each cup? Thank you.
I can’t see the problem with freezing. Just be careful to spread out where you harvest from so it doesn’t damage the tree. Also, be careful with cedar. It is toxic in higher doses.
I believe it would have been informative and helpful to bring in a very close picture of the tree especially the cedar however helpful video and thank you
Sooo I had to stop the video at 11 sec and tell you I heard you say yellow and welcome to the last grownup in the woods 😂your my kind of people already ..ok I’ll get back to the video now! I’m just tickled with that statement
Haha. Welcome!
Great little video! Side note: our bear hangs are pretty sad. Our little trees have big hearts, but small stature. Many just put their items in a barrel away from camp. Thanks for sharing!
We camp above the tree line, so we bought ourselves an Ursack bear bag. It's way lighter than a canister, and our hangs can be as pathetic as we like.
Nice for using the actual unit of measurement
Also on some verities of those cedars they make a spikey blue berry instead of like the regular smooth ones on the juniper trees and bushes all the berries taste the same like sweet pine most people call them cones
Nice effects, Carley. Thank you for the lesson.
For Christmas trees; which trees should you stay away from? Some of these trees shed needles like a scared cat and smell like an overused cat box when dry.
True firs are the best. They are the best smelling, best looking, and hold onto their needles. Definitely stay away from hemlock. They shed like crazy. I don’t think they sell them as Christmas trees but if you are cutting your own stay away. We got a Douglas fir this year. They are very common in our parts, but they do shed a lot. All the true firs we found were too scrawny.
so helpful thank you! this is random but i love your voice
Great info! Much appreciated from a fellow tree nerd.
Thank you! Always happy to meet another tree nerd :)
Great video. I can tell that you're in the Pacific Northwest. Surprised you didn't include the Pacific Yew.
I decided to stick to the most common ones. I had a video just for yew planned (and one for larch as well), but it never happened.
You are wonderful thank you! Great tips!
Thank you :)
My hemlock is different from that one on the cutting i take from the parent tree the small green cone thing always turns to new leaf growth once the cutting starts growing that's how i can tell the cuttings rooted out
We have hemlocks in the state of Georgia. However, they are limited to the mountains near the Georgia/North Carolina border. Down here in the Atlanta area, we have mainly pines, and the eastern red cedar. I think its too warm for hemlocks where I live.
I was actually in that area with a botanist friend and he got all excited about seeing a Carolina hemlock.
The Last Grownup in the Woods Awesome. I can understand why your botanist friend got excited. Hemlocks in North Carolina have been facing destruction from pests, an invasive species in particular.
Interesting and informative, I know all our native deciduous trees, but ask me about a coniferous one and all I can tell you is 'it's green' :)
Now you'll have to try to learn them :D
Thank you so much for your wisdom 👍🏼
I don't know about the wisdom part, but you're welcome nonetheless :)
What tree evergreen tree has little blueberries, kinda with a little points all around the Berry
Perfect for my shtf library ^_^ thanks.
Glad you found it useful :)
I really enjoyed your video ! I have been wanting to learn to identify some conifers. Today I met the Eastern Hemlock ! Here in Delaware. It is the official tree of Pennsylvania. The new spring needles where abundant and I filled my pockets full and ate handfuls and put the rest in Honey and
Pollen. I look forward to seeing it again tomorrow and collect more needle tips. They are good by them selves and with honey. Hmmm the Balsam Fir 🌲 you spoke of in the video looks different than what I thought they did. Are there different kinds of Balsam Fir 🌲? I think the other one I found was a Spruce not Balsam Fir 🌲 Spruce look more round shaped , the branches, ya do they sometimes hang droopy like too ?
I enjoy hemlock needle tips as well. There are two varieties of balsam fir, but they are the same species. It's definitely the most common (and possibly the only) wild Abies/true fir in Eastern North America, but there are over 40 species world wide. You might come across other Abies species in yards or tree farms, and they will look very similar to the balsam fir. In western Canada, we have three Abies species. We also have the Douglas fir, which is not a true fir, hence why I refer to Abies species as "true firs". Hope that makes sense :)
Fantastic explanation! Thanks so much!
Wow great job. U would be priceless to have in a bush survival situation
Thank you 😊
This is a fantastic video! Very educational. Thank you for sharing. :)
Thanks!
Nicely done! I do love a good cedar tree
me too :)
I enjoyed your video. Can you do an analysis of the poplar trees?
That's a great idea! I'll have to add it to my idea list :)
Excellent vid. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
very informative video - thanks!
Glad you liked it :D
Love love love this. Thankyou! Just found my first pine identification through the needles tonight. A five cluster. Alpinian variant? Is that right? I have no idea. But wishing oh so to learn at least something. As I so love trees. Thankyou sooo much for sharing all of this knowledge ☺ Awsomeness
Glad you wound this helpful. There are several species of five needles pines. Each one may have several variants, which is usually regionally based, son I don’t know them all. You most likely have eastern white pine or western white pine, depending on where you live, unless you got it from the top of a mountain.
I love pines... but you already know that... I sort of just did a vid explaining that (woops). Great video! I've never thought of hemlocks having bad haircuts but that describes them so well.
I do already know that :D I also liked a story I heard about the hemlock. Raven was passing ut cones to all the trees. Hemlock was impatient and budged in line, so Raven sent him to the back. Hemlock hung his head in shame as he trudged to the back of the line. By the time it was finally his turn, there were only small cones left. That's why they have small cones and a droopy head.
That is a really good story.
Hello, i am frequently seeing a type of fir or spruce that is very large and the tips of all the branches point upwards, and all the leaves sag down. One in particular i saw had large cones from top to bottom branch and they were pointing down, so that tells me it's a spruce i guess. The cones are cylindrical in shape about the same diameter of a golf ball. Would that be Norway spruce? I live in Canada btw.
Check the needles. If the needles are poky and not flat and blunt, then it's definitely a spruce. As for the type, I can't even start to narrow it down without knowing our location more specifically. There's a huge difference in plant life throughout the country. If it's a Norway spruce, it's not native. Are they in city parks or private property?
@@Nerding4Nature Most of them are in peoples yards and on the side of the road in the country, which i presume is private property. I don't believe i have seen any growing naturally in the woods, only close to roads. It's south eastern Ontario that im in. I see a lot of white pine (pretty sure), white cedar, red spruce as well as eastern hemlock.
I'll try to grab a photo if i can't see the needles.
Is it possible, for instance, that red spruce could grow in such a way as i described in my original post?
What kind of my pine. Its scaley in each needle. Top is grayish green.
Thank you, I moved from So Cal so I know palm trees not pine trees ha, well my pines in the Sierra are not the same as here, I do bonsai so raising trees from cones is my new hobby.
That's great. Bonsai seems like a lot of fun.
Steve AnacortesWA my brother in law just moved to WA , Sequim and he does bonsai too, they moved up there from SF CA area. I know palms too lol I’m now in Delaware identifying Conifers too 😳🌲🙏🏻🌈😋
Right on just learned of David Wolfes vax protocol and it includes pine needle tea,
Thank you for such a great and detailed video! Was very helpful. Only have one question, you identified many of the trees, but what about the Cedrus species of Cedar trees, such as Cedrus Deodara, Cedrus atlantica, Cedrus deodora, Cedrus libani. How does the Cedrus trees differ from Cupressaceae?
Good question. I left them out because there are none native to North America, but in hindsight wish I'd at least mentioned them for clarity. Cedrus is actually family Pinaceae (like all the trees in this video except Cupressaceae). They resemble fir.
Yes, good question. "Cedar" is a name given to a variety of species belonging to several families. Arguably, true cedars are members of the genus Cedrus - the others are misnomers.
That was helpful l, can you plz make a video to differentiate types of pine cause i got tree next to my house and i am hesitant about making needle tea cause i do not know poisonous trees
It was once on the plans to make a pine video, but it would have been just for British Columbia. All pines are edible though. You just need to be sure it's a pine. Your best bet would be to consult a local field guide.
@@Nerding4Nature yes i always used to eat the fruit of pine, never thought of if it’s poisonous.
Thank you so much
Thank you for the info and upload!
Glad you liked it :)
I'd like to know how to identify the ones you can make tea with
You can make tea with all the conifers in this video except the cedar. Watch out for yew. I didn't include it in this video, because it's not very common in the wild, but it is poisonous.
@@Nerding4Nature I thought that cedar tea was ok to make, good to know. I think you cant make tea with the ponderosa pine either, but I may be wrong.