Calocedrus decurrens

Size: 80-120 feet, some larger


Cones: Red brown to golden brown


Leaves: Small scale like in whirls of four


Bark: Cinnamon brown, fibrous, furrowed and ridged 


Scent: Aromatic warm, spicy vanilla, traditional cedar odor


Landscape Issues: Susceptible to flooding


Pests & Pathogens: Western mistletoe, root disease (kills more incense cedar than any other pathogen)

Pinus ponderosa


Size: 80-120 feet, some larger


Cones: Outward facing spikes


Leaves: Needle like bundles of three, bright green color


Bark: Orange brown with scaly platelike appearance 


Scent: Turpentine


Landscape Issues: Can be over irrigated in poorly drained soil


Pests & Pathogens: rust, bark beetles

Pinus jeffrey

(Named by the Scottish botanist, Jjohn Jeffrey.)


Size: 80-120 feet, some larger


Cones: Pale brown with inward spikes


Leaves: Needle like bundles of three, of a waxy pale green color


Bark: Reddish brown and deeply furrowed


Scent: Vanilla, butterscotch, pineapple


Landscape Issues: Susceptible to root disease with excessive irrigation at root crown


Pests & Pathogens: Jeffrey pine and red turpentine bark beetles, western dwarf mistletoe, blue stain fungus, various other parasites, limb and needle rust

Abies concolor


Size: 80-120 feet, some larger


Cones: Upright and stay upon branch until seeds are shed and disintegrate


Leaves: Needle-like, flat whitish beneath, curved upward


Bark: Smooth whitish grey, becoming hard and irregularly furrowed with age 


Scent: Citrus or orange


Landscape Issues: Overcrowding can occur making thinning necessary


Pests & Pathogens: Engraver beetle, western dwarf mistletoe and root disease