Identifying California Plant Features

The video provides an overview of various coastal plant varieties from the California FFA forestry plant list, focusing on their unique characteristics and identification features. It covers plants like Sitka spruce, red alder, big leaf maple, cascara, California coastal redwood, coyote bush, Pacific madrone, grand fir, and sword fern, highlighting their distinct features and differences from similar species.

What is the significance of the coastal plant varieties from the California FFA forestry plant list?

• They are only found in the Eastern Sierras.

• They are the most common plants in California.

• They are rare samples not often seen in the Sacramento Valley.

• They are commonly found in the Sacramento Valley.

Which feature is NOT associated with the Sitka spruce cone?

• Flaky scales

• Toothed scales

• Non-toothed scales

• Frosty needles

How can you distinguish a red alder from a white alder?

• White alder has smooth leaf edges.

• Red alder has toothed leaf edges.

• White alder has curled leaf edges.

• Red alder has curled leaf edges.

What is a key identifying feature of the big leaf maple?

• Small leaves

• Maple-shaped leaves

• Fuzzy leaves

• Orange bark

What is the common name for reminisce?

• Grand fir

• Pacific madrone

• Cascara

• Coyote bush

Which plant is always green and shiny on top?

• Grand fir

• California coastal redwood

• Sitka spruce

• Coyote bush

What is a distinguishing feature of the coyote bush?

• Round stem

• Fuzzy leaves

• Orange bark

• Dual-planed needles

Which plant is identified by its orange bark and fleshy leaves?

• Sword fern

• Grand fir

• Pacific madrone

• Sitka spruce

What is a unique feature of the grand fir?

• Short and long needles

• Orange bark

• Frosty needles

• Curled leaf edges

How can you distinguish a sword fern from a bracken fern?

• Sword fern has smaller leaves.

• Bracken fern has sword-like leaves.

• Bracken fern is always green and shiny.

• Sword fern has larger, sword-like leaves.