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Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia, Working Draft of 1 January 1997 -- Gymnosperms Alan S. Weakley.
Copyright - Alan S. Weakley, 1998, 1999. All Rights Reserved.


PINACEAE (Pine Family)

References: Thieret in FNA (1993), Price (1989), abbreviated as Z.



1. Leaves flat and linear.....2
1. Leaves needle-like, angular rather than flat in cross-section.....3

3. Leaves borne singly, 4-sided.....Picea
3. Leaves either borne on short spur-shoots or in fascicles of 2-5, rounded to somewhat flattened in cross-section, but not 4-sided.....4 5. Leaves evergreen; cones 6-12 cm long.....Cedrus
5. Leaves deciduous; cones 1-2 cm long.....Larix