Conifer
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Conifers are a group of vascular plants and a subset of gymnosperms. They are primarily perennial, woody trees and shrubs, mostly evergreen with a regular branching pattern, reproducing with male and
Tallest: Sequoia sempervirens can reach a height of 116.07 metres (380.8 ft).
Oldest: Pinus longaeva can reach an age of 4,700 years.
The narrow conical shape of boreal conifers, and their downward-drooping limbs, help them shed snow.
Cone (botany)
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A cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads. They are usually woody and variously conic, cylindrica
A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone
Young cones of a blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Cross-section of a young female cone
Young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies)