Red fir or Silvertip fir (Abies magnifica) is a tree species native to western North America, its range into the mountains of southwestern Oregon and California. It is a high elevation tree, usually growing at an altitude of 1,400-2,700 m asl. Two variants can be distinguished, namely: Abies magnifica var. magnifica – grows from the…
Tree Species
Tree species is a category we created on this website to archive the types of trees that can be bonsai, ranging from tropical to subtropical trees.
Characteristics of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Eastern white pine or White pine (Pinus strobus) is a large conifer tree species native to North America. It grows from Newfoundland, western Canada, Great Lakes, Manitoba, Minnesota, United States, along the Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont, as well as northernmost Georgia. Native Americans named it “Tree of Peace”, it is also known as “Weymouth Pine”…
Characteristics of Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)
Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) is a species of conifer tree from the evergreen family Cupressaceae, native to the southwestern United States. Its natural range extends from the mountains of southwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho across the states of Utah, Nevada, western Colorado to the eastern slopes of the Sierra, the Panamint Mountains of California, and…
Characteristics of Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Douglas Fir or Douglas spruce (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a coniferous tree in the Pinaceae family. This tree is native to western North America and is sometimes called the Oregon pine, Colombian pine, Puget Sound pine, Douglas spruce, and False hemlock. Even though it is referred to as pine it is not from the genus Pinus…
Characteristics of Siberian Larch (Larix sibirica)
Siberian larch or Russian larch (Larix sibirica) is a frost-resistant species of a conifer tree. The tree is native to western Russia, starting from the eastern Finnish border of the Yenisei valley in central Siberia, where it hybridized with the Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii) from eastern Siberia. This hybrid is known as Larix × czekanowskii….
Characteristics of Norwegian Spruce (Picea abies)
Norwegian Spruce or European Spruce (Picea abies) is an evergreen species native to Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe. This tree has branches that are usually downward, and the largest cone of all spruce trees. It is very closely related to the Siberian Spruce (Picea obovata), which replaced it in the east of the Ural Mountains….