wpe5.jpg (2127 bytes)U.P. TREE  IDENTIFICATION  KEY
from Michigan State University Extension

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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, now retired.  He continues to respond to suggestions, questions, and corrections. Contact him at cookwi@msu.edu.