Field Guide to Trees & Shrubs Petrides, George A. Petrides

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Dwarf Juniper has whitened needles in whorls of 3. H eathe r (Plate 6) has 4-sided, rather leafy twigs. Tamarisk ( p . 28) is taller, with Bowers and fruit capsules. Needle-bearing, Non-Cone-bearing Evergreens (Plate 6, p. 44) In addition to the cone-b ear ers, a few flowering plants have needlelike and sometimes also scalelike leaves. early all such plants have colorful blossom . ln general, they are creeping in habit, forming dense, matted, sometimes mosslike, growths. COPy g ted "1a I. EEDLE-LE VED 0 -CO E-BEARERS Tamarisk, however, is an erect shrub or tree and Gorse is an upright shrub.

P. 44 Recognition: A ground-hugging, spreading shrub with narrow or somewhat elliptic, sh arp-tipped, green needles ~"--'14" long.

Eedles less than ~ 6 " across. Cones stout, more or less cylindrical, 2*''- 5" long; scales mostly under ~" wide, and when caught by hand the thorntipped scales hurt. Height 80'-100' (115'); diameter 1'-2' (5'). Similar species: (1) Pitch Pine has much shorter needles and cones; (2) Longleaf Pine, longer needles and cones, much stouter twigs. (3) Swamp Pine has coarser needles and shorter, less thorny cones. (4) Shortleaf Pine may have some needles in 3's but needles shorter, prickles over \-8" long.

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