Albuquerque's Environmental Story

Educating For a Sustainable Community

Appendix

Keys to Some Trees of the Sandia Mountains

1. a) Broadleaf plants whose leaves are lost in the winter - 5
   b) Needleleaf plants whose leaves are retained in the winter - 2

2. a) Needleleaf plants that have separate needles and bear seeds in cones - 3
   b) Needleleaf plants that have short, scale-like leaves - 10

3. a) Needleleaf plants whose needles are in groups of two or more - 12
   b) Needleleaf plants whose needles are separate and not in bundles - 4

4. a) Rough bark, square or round needles, and long cylinder-shaped cones-Engleman Spruce
   b) Smooth bark, relatively flat needles, and "cone-shaped" cones - 14

5. a) Leaves of equal width and length - 6
   b) Leaves at least three times longer than wide - 7

6. a) Has seed pods that are long and furry and thorns - N.M. Locust
   b) Has grayish colored bark and spade shaped leaves that turn yellow in the fal l- Aspen

7. a) Leaves are long and slender, grow separately, and have smooth edges - Willow
   b) Leaves have shaped edges - 8

8. a) Leaves grow in groups of three with dark green stems - Box Elder Maple
   b) Reverse side of leaves has velvet texture. Leaves turn brown in fall. The bark is grayish brown - 9

9. a) The leaves along the edges are deeps indented four times on each side. No specific grouping of the wide leaves - Gamble Oak
   b) The leaves along the edges are slightly indented and have points on the top - Wavey Leaf Oak

10. a) Bark very rough, scaly; like an alligator - Alligator Juniper
    b) Not rough-scaly bark - 11

11. a) Light green, coarse closely set branches - l Seed Juniper
    b) Dark green smooth weepy branches - Rocky Mountain juniper

12. a) Needles grow in groups less than five - 13
    b) Needles are short and grow in groups of five - Limber Pine

13. a) Needles are short and grow in groups of two and has nuts - Pinon
    b) Needles are long and grow in groups of three - Ponderosa

14. a) Has needles that grow straight out (not all around limb) that are about 1 1/2" long and bark that is a grayish yellow brown color-White Fir
    b) he needles grow in all directions around the limb - 15

15. a) Has dark gray bark and needles about 1" long. The cones have "three spikes" from every "leaflet" - Douglas Fir
    b) Light gray bark and needles about 1/2" long - Cork Bark Fir

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