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Trees in Santa Cruz County

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Coastal Redwood
Distincitves
Tall, red-colored bark
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Pacific Madrone
Distincitves
Smooth red, often peeling bark.
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Coast Live Oak
Distincitves
Smaller, sharp poky ridged leaves in comparison to the tan oak.
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Tan Oak
Distincitves
Larger leaves than coastal live oak (but still poky sides)
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California Bay Laurel
Distincitves
small round and green berry lightly spotted with purple and turning orange on maturity
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Big Leaf Maple
Distincitves
Large maple leaves - paired wing helicopter twirly seeds.
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Douglas Fir
Distincitves
2 to 4 inch cones, narrow three pointed bracts between scales on cone.
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Interior Live Oak
Distincitves
Leaves are slightly smaller than the coast live oak and the plant can look far more shrub-like, also found commonly in the sandhill areas of Henry Cowell.
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Ponderosa Pine
Distincitves
Pine tree with spread out cones.
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Golden Chinquapin
Distincitves
Spiny burrs growing on the end, longer oval shaped leaves that sometimes curl.
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Blue Elderberry
Distincitves
Ends of this large shrub are covered with a puffy blast of small white flowers or blue elderberries dependent on the season.
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Black Oak
Distincitves
Oak species, similar to the valley oak
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