Across
- 2. family of mostly trees; mostly evergreen; monoecious; resinous; spirally arranged, linear or needle-like leaves
- 6. family of mostly perennial herbs, shrubs and trees; leaves: alternate, simple or compound, usually stipulate; flowers: perfect, actinomorphic, solitary or in clusters, hypanthium; some have thorns or prickles
- 7. wide spreading, flat topped, dense form; dark green linear foliage
- 9. 2 needle bundles; needles 2-4 cm long, sharp pointed, light yellow-green colour; cones/seeds are serotinous = require heat/fire to germinate; extremely hardy
- 10. family of trees and shrubs; resinous and aromatic; monoecious, but usually dioecious in Juniperus; scale-like leaves
- 12. 2-needle bundles, 3-5 cm long, curved, rigid, stiff, finely toothed needles; dense tufts of needles; resinous buds
- 13. family of shrubs or trees; slow-growing; leaves: mostly alternate, simple, linear or linear-lanceolate, flattened; mostly dioecious; brightly coloured fleshy arils
- 14. genus; sometimes confused with Chamaecyparis spp.; varied size and foliage colour; several native; widely used in ornamental landscape and naturalized areas
- 17. family of dioecious trees/shrubs; leaves: alternate, simple, often spine-tipped; fruit is a drupe, often bright red
- 18. 2-needle bundles, med-dark green 5-6” needles that snap when bent; resinous buds; orange-red bark with diamond-shaped scaly plates
- 19. family of trees, shrubs or vines; leaves: simple, often leathery; flower: small, radially symmetric (actinomorphic), often greenish; Fruit: often colourful
Down
- 1. narrow, linear spiky leaves ½ to ¾” wide; fragrant greenish white flowers on a raceme
- 3. very common, narrow, upright form; lush bright green color retained in winter; mostly scale-shaped leaves
- 4. family of mostly perennial shrubs; leaves: usually alternate, often leathery and evergreen, simple; flowers: perfect, actinomorphic, solitary or in clusters; fruit: drupe, berry or capsule
- 5. family of monocots; grasses or shrubs; leaves: alternate and spiral, simple ; flowers: perfect or imperfect, actinomorphic, small, solitary or in clusters; fruit: usually a berry
- 8. family of perennial herbs and shrubs; leaves: alternate, simple or compound, often spiny; flowers: perfect, actinomorphic, solitary or in clusters; fruit: berry or capsule
- 11. 1/4”-2/3” long leaves, dark green above, 2-white bands beneath, short petiole, small cones
- 15. family of mostly shrubs; mostly monoecious; simple evergreen leaves with pinnate venation; fruit is a capsule or drupe
- 16. genus; often considered the most adaptable of needle evergreens; overused in the landscape due to wide variety; ‘berries’ used to flavor gin