Softwood key.
The text key between the species is here. Some families you can however recognize by the photographs on this page.
The cypresses have compound leafs that form surfaces of green, but most softwoods have needles.
Most conspicuous genuses at a glance::
Pines | Spruces | Cypresses | Sequoias | Cedars
Pines | Spruces | Cypresses | Sequoias | Cedars
Pines | Spruces | Cypresses | Sequoias | Cedars
Pines | Spruces | Cypresses | Sequoias | Cedars
Pines | Spruces | Cypresses | Sequoias | Cedars
Not mentioned are
Fir trees and
Hemlocks and Douglas and
rest softwoods .
The text key between the species is here.
If the tree is amongst the above it can be in the rest
softwoods page (Larch, Monkey_puzzletree, Common_juniper, English_yew, Japanese_umbrella-pine):