Conifers And Gymnosperms
32 entries in the Conifers And Gymnosperms compendium.
Picea abiesA widely planted spruce native to Europe.Picea engelmanniiA high-elevation spruce prized for tone wood and timber.Picea glaucaA widespread North American conifer with variable forms and hybrids.Picea marianaA slow-growing boreal spruce with the smallest cones of any spruce.Picea rubensRed spruce is a shade-tolerant conifer of eastern North America.Picea sitchensisLargest spruce species and third-tallest tree in the world.PinaceaeA large conifer family of pines, firs, spruces, and cedars.PinalesMonotypic order of conifers, comprising only the pine family.Pine nutEdible seeds of pines, harvested for millennia across continents.Pinus elliottiiSlash pine is a strong, fast-growing conifer of Southeastern US wetlands.Pinus halepensisA resilient Mediterranean pine valued for timber, resin, and culture.Pinus lambertianaTallest and most massive pine, with among the longest cones.Pinus longaevaA long-living pine species found in high mountains of the western United States.Pinus pinasterA fast-growing pine native to Europe, invasive in South Africa.Pinus pineaMediterranean pine valued for nuts, ornament, and disputed native range.Pinus ponderosaA widely distributed North American pine with disputed taxonomy.Pinus strobusTallest eastern North American pine, symbol of the Haudenosaunee Tree of Peace.Pinus sylvestrisAncient evergreen conifer native to Eurasia, valued for timber and ecology.Pinus taedaPinus taeda, called loblolly pine, is a pine species native to the Southeastern United StaPodocarpaceaeA diverse family of southern hemisphere conifers with fleshy seed cones.PodocarpusA widespread genus of conifers with berry-like cones.ProgymnospermExtinct woody plants ancestral to seed plants and first trees.Sequoia sempervirensTallest living tree species, native to coastal California and Oregon.Sequoiadendron giganteumLargest trees on Earth, endangered in native California.SequoioideaeSubfamily of conifers containing the world's largest and tallest trees.SpruceA genus of coniferous trees, source of timber and pulp.TaxaceaeConifer family with fleshy arils and poisonous seeds.Taxodium distichumA flood-tolerant deciduous conifer with rot-resistant heartwood.TaxusGenus of long-lived conifers known for toxicity and bow wood.Taxus baccataAncient evergreen tree, toxic yet culturally and medicinally significant.Taxus brevifoliaSlow-growing conifer valued for medicine and traditional tools.TsugaGenus of conifers with hemlock common name, not poisonous.
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