#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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