HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PINE, SPRUCE, FIR, and LARCH | CONIFER ID

Here is a six-minute video that will teach you how to ID the four most common coniferous genera easily and simply.



A special thanks to Lori Skulski for allowing me to use her Abies bifolia and and Abies balsamea images in this video.



Image at 4:20 is courtesy of the Onion, and image at 4:37 is courtesy of Home Depot.



All other images are my own.



ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

1. An excellent resource put out by the Canadian government: https://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/trees/identification/conifers
2. Another great website that summarizes conifer ID.

https://www.growforagecookferment.com/conifer-tree-identification/
THE PHYLOGENY OF PINACEAE
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaron_Liston/publication/253545994_Molecular_Phylogeny_of_Pinaceae_and_Pinus/links/0c9605371160789a71000000/Molecular-Phylogeny-of-Pinaceae-and-Pinus.pdf



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