Needle shape Needle length Number of needles in a bunch Needle sharpness Needle color

Bark color Type of cone Shape of buds Aroma

On the Ag and Natural Resources Field Day tour we looked at several common conifer species. Remember we call them conifers because they all have cones. Most of them keep their leaves (needles) all year long and are called evergreens, but some, like tamarack, loose their leaves in the winter. Below are some pictures of trees like the ones we looked at. These are representative of the pines, the spruces, the larches, and Doug-fir (which is not really a fir at all).