Conifer Quiz

What does the word conifer mean?

• Flower bearing

• Seed bearing

• Cone bearing

What type of tree has needles that grow from a single point of origin in clusters of 2,3,5 or 7?

• Pine (Pinus)

• Fir (Abies)

• Spruce (Picea)

What type of tree has needles that are attached to the branch in a manner resembling a suction cup?

• Pine (Pinus)

• Fir (Abies)

• Spruce (Picea)

What type of tree has needles that tend to be short and stiff and are attached to the branch by small stalk-like woody projections

• Pine (Pinus)

• Fir (Abies)

• Spruce (Picea)

What is the Latin name for Scots Pine?

• Abies grandis

• Pinus nigra

• Picea pungens

• Pinus sylvestris

What is the Latin name for Yew?

• Sequoiadendron giganteum

• Taxus baccata

• Thuja occidentalis

• Cedrus libani