THUMBNAIL IMAGES OF UPPER PENINSULA SOFTWOODS (Conifers/Needle Trees)
You can "click" on each thumbnail to view a large image.
Trying to identify conifers by cones?

White Pine 5 needles	Red Pine 2 long needles	Jack Pine 2 needles	Scotch Pine 2 needles - twisted
White Spruce stiff square needles	Black Spruce stiff square needles	Colorado Blue Spruce very stiff needles	Douglas-fir soft needles
Balsam Fir flat needles, 2 lines	Balsam Fir flat needles, 2 lines	Eastern Hemlock flat needles, 2 lines, stems	Eastern Hemlock flat needles, 2 lines, stems
Tamarack clusters of needles	European Larch clusters of needles	Northern White Cedar scale-like "needles"	Canada Yew flat needles, no white lines

To view other thumbnail collections of leaves, click on the leaf pattern below that looks most like your leaf.
Coniferous	Got Cones?	Simple-Smooth	Simple-Toothed	Simple-Lobed	Compound

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This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   Editing and modification is ongoing.  Submit suggestions, questions, and corrections to cookwi@msu.edu or call 906-786-1575.