Picture Hint
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  Two white lines on underside of needles,
  needles 1/2 to 1 inch long  .       Balsam Fir

          or

  No green lines on needles,
  needles 1/2 to 1 inch long.        Canada Yew

         

You have selected a conifer
with flat needles,
each individually attached to the twig,
without a hair-like stem..

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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. 

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