#order_Coniferales__Coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
supertype: plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: class_Coniferopsida
member: family_Pinaceae__Pinaceae__pine_family a family of Pinaceae
member: genus_Pinus__Pinus type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines
member: pine_tree__pine__true_pine a coniferous tree
member: pinon__pinyon any of several low-growing pines of western North America
member: pinon_pine__pinonpine__Mexican_nut_pine__Pinus_cembroides small 2- or 3-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
member: genus_Larix__Larix larches
member: larch_tree__larchtree__larch any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
member: genus_Pseudolarix__Pseudolarix one species: golden larch
member: golden_larch__Pseudolarix_amabilis Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves
member: genus_Abies__Abies true firs
member: fir_tree__firtree__fir__true_fir any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
member: genus_Cedrus__Cedrus true cedars
member: true_cedar__cedar__cedar_tree__cedartree any cedar of the genus Cedrus
member: genus_Picea__Picea a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)
member: spruce any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
member: genus_Tsuga__Tsuga hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce
member: hemlock_tree__hemlocktree an evergreen tree
member: genus_Pseudotsuga__Pseudotsuga douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
member: douglas_fir tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
member: genus_Cathaya one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix
member: Cathaya Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
member: genus_Keteleeria a genus of Keteleeria
member: keteleeria Asiatic conifers resembling firs
member: family_Cupressaceae__Cupressaceae__cypress_family__cypressfamily cypresses and junipers and many cedars
member: cedar_tree__cedartree__cedar any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
member: genus_Cupressus__Cupressus type genus of Cupressaceae
member: cypress_tree__cypresstree__cypress__cypres any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
member: genus_Athrotaxis__Athrotaxis a genus of gymnosperm
member: King_William_pine__Athrotaxis_selaginoides evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves the curve inward
member: genus_Austrocedrus__Austrocedrus one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
member: Chilean_cedar__Austrocedrus_chilensis small well-shaped South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage
member: genus_Callitris__Callitris evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines
member: cypress_pine__cypresspine any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
member: genus_Calocedrus__Calocedrus tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
member: Calocedrus_decurrens__incense_cedar__incensecedar__red_cedar__Libocedrus_decurrens tall tree of North American Pacific coast having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
member: genus_Chamaecyparis__Chamaecyparis a genus of Chamaecyparis
member: southern_white_cedar__coast_white_cedar__coastwhitecedar__atlanticwhitecedar__white_cypress__whitecypres__whitecedar__Chamaecyparis_thyoides slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
member: Oregon_cedar__Port_Orford_cedar__Lawson's_cypress__Lawson's_cedar__Chamaecyparis_lawsoniana large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
member: yellow_cypress__yellow_cedar__Nootka_cypress__Alaska_cedar__Chamaecyparis_nootkatensis tall evergreen of North American Pacific coast often cultivated for ornament
member: genus_Cryptomeria__Cryptomeria Japanese cedar; sugi
member: Japanese_cedar__Japan_cedar__sugi__Cryptomeria_japonica tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
member: genus_Juniperus__Juniperus junipers
member: juniper coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
member: pencil_cedar_tree__pencil_cedar any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
member: Bermuda_cedar__Juniperus_bermudiana ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper
member: east_African_cedar__Juniperus_procera tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
member: genus_Libocedrus__Libocedrus cypresses that resemble cedars
member: incense_cedar__incensecedar any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood
member: kawaka__Libocedrus_plumosa New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress
member: pahautea__Libocedrus_bidwillii__mountain_pine evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
member: subfamily_Taxodiaceae__Taxodiaceae__redwood_family__redwoodfamily coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems
member: genus_Metasequoia genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae
member: metasequoia__dawn_redwood__Metasequoia_glyptostrodoides large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
member: genus_Sequoia redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae
member: California_redwood__coast_redwood__coastredwood__Sequoia_sempervirens lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur
member: sequoia__redwood either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
member: genus_Sequoiadendron__Sequoiadendron giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae
member: giant_sequoia__giantsequoia__big_tree__bigtree__sierraredwood__Sequoiadendron_giganteum__Sequoia_gigantea__Sequoia_Wellingtonia extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
member: genus_Taxodium__Taxodium bald cypress; swamp cypress
member: pond_bald_cypress__bald_cypress__swamp_cypress__southern_cypress__Taxodium_distichum common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
member: pond_cypress__bald_cypress__Taxodium_ascendens smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
member: Montezuma_cypress__Mexican_swamp_cypress__Taxodium_mucronatum cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
member: genus_Tetraclinis__Tetraclinis sandarac tree
member: genus_Thuja__Thuja red cedar
member: western_red_cedar__red_cedar__canoe_cedar__canoecedar__Thuja_plicata large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
member: American_arborvitae__northern_white_cedar__white_cedar__Thuja_occidentalis small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
member: Oriental_arborvitae__Thuja_orientalis__Platycladus_orientalis Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
member: genus_Thujopsis__Thujopsis one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja
member: hiba_arborvitae__Thujopsis_dolobrata slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental
member: family_Araucariaceae__Araucariaceae__araucaria_family__araucariafamily tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
member: Wollemi_pine newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
member: genus_Araucaria a genus of Araucaria
member: araucaria any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
member: genus_Agathis__Agathis kauri pine
member: kauri_pine__kauripine__dammar_pine any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
member: kaury__kauri__Agathis_australis tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
member: dundathu_pine__queensland_kauri__smooth_bark_kauri__Agathis_robusta Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
member: red_kauri__redkauri__Agathis_lanceolata New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark
member: family_Cephalotaxaceae__Cephalotaxaceae__plum-yew_family a family of Cephalotaxaceae
member: genus_Cephalotaxus__Cephalotaxus the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews)
member: plum-yew any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
member: genus_Torreya__Torreya nutmeg-yews
member: California_nutmeg__nutmeg-yew__Torreya_californica California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
member: stinking_cedar__stinking_yew__Torrey_tree__Torreya_taxifolia rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
member: family_Phyllocladaceae__Phyllocladaceae a family of Phyllocladaceae
member: genus_Phyllocladus__Phyllocladus celery pine
member: celery_pine Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
member: family_Podocarpaceae__Podocarpaceae__podocarpus_family gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
member: genus_Podocarpus__Podocarpus evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae
member: podocarp any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
member: yacca_podocarp__yaccapodocarp__yacca__Podocarpus_coriaceus West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
member: brown_pine__brownpine__Rockingham_podocarp__Podocarpus_elatus large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
member: cape_yellowwood__African_yellowwood__Podocarpus_elongatus South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
member: South-African_yellowwood__Podocarpus_latifolius erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark gray bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
member: alpine_totara__Podocarpus_nivalis low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
member: Podocarpus_totara__totara valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
member: genus_Afrocarpus__Afrocarpus dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus
member: common_yellowwood__bastard_yellowwood__bastardyellowwood__Afrocarpus_falcata medium-sized tree of South Africa
member: genus_Dacrycarpus__Dacrycarpus evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines
member: genus_Dacrydium__Dacrydium Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs
member: rimu__imou_pine__red_pine__redpine__Dacrydium_cupressinum tall New Zealand timber tree
member: Dacrydium_colensoi__tarwood New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
member: genus_Falcatifolium__Falcatifolium sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia
member: common_sickle_pine__Falcatifolium_falciforme small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
member: yellow-leaf_sickle_pine__Falcatifolium_taxoides a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
member: genus_Halocarpus__Halocarpus dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium
member: tarwood__newzealandmountainpine__Halocarpus_bidwilli__Dacrydium_bidwilli New Zealand shrub
member: genus_Lagarostrobus__Lagarostrobus genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium
member: huon_pine__Lagarostrobus_franklinii__Dacrydium_franklinii Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
member: genus_Lepidothamnus__Lepidothamnus small usually shrubby conifers
member: Chilean_rimu__Lepidothamnus_fonkii about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile
member: mountain_rimu__Lepidothamnus_laxifolius__Dacridium_laxifolius low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand
member: genus_Microstrobos__Microstrobos 2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania
member: Tasman_dwarf_pine__Microstrobos_niphophilus small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
member: genus_Nageia__Nageia small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea
member: Nageia_nagi__nagi medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
member: genus_Parasitaxus__Parasitaxus 1 species: parasite yew
member: parasite_yew__Parasitaxus_ustus rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
member: genus_Prumnopitys__Prumnopitys mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus
member: miro__black_pine__blackpine__Prumnopitys_ferruginea__Podocarpus_ferruginea New Zealand conifer
member: matai__black_pine__blackpine__Prumnopitys_taxifolia__Podocarpus_spicata New Zealand conifer
member: plum-fruited_yew__Prumnopitys_andina__Prumnopitys_elegans South American evergreen tree or shrub
member: genus_Retrophyllum__Retrophyllum small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America
member: genus_Saxe-gothea__Saxe-gothea__Saxegothea__genus_Saxegothea 1 species: Prince Albert's yew
member: Prince_Albert_yew__Prince_Albert's_yew__Saxe-gothea_conspicua small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile
member: genus_Sundacarpus__Sundacarpus 1 species
member: Sundacarpus_amara__Prumnopitys_amara__Podocarpus_amara a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland
member: family_Sciadopityaceae__Sciadopityaceae family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae
member: genus_Sciadopitys__Sciadopitys type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines
member: Japanese_umbrella_pine__Sciadopitys_verticillata tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs
member: family_Taxaceae__Taxaceae__yew_family__yewfamily sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
member: genus_Taxus__Taxus yews
member: Old_World_yew__English_yew__Taxus_baccata predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
member: Pacific_yew__California_yew__western_yew__westernyew__Taxus_brevifolia small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
member: Japanese_yew__Taxus_cuspidata shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
member: Florida_yew__Taxus_floridana small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
member: yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
member: genus_Austrotaxus__Austrotaxus a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew
member: New_Caledonian_yew__Austrotaxus_spicata large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
member: genus_Pseudotaxus__Pseudotaxus one species
member: white-berry_yew__whiteberryyew__pseudotaxuschienii yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
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