Pinopsida
Pacific Yew
Taxus brevifolio
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FACT: The drug Paclitaxel is isolated from the bark of the Pacific Yew Tree.
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Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew or western yew) is a conifernative to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with isolated disjunctpopulations in southeast British Columbia (most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar) and in north to central Idaho.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The […] read more
Monkey Puzzle Tree
Araucaria araucana 
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Fact: Because of the great age of this species, it is sometimes described as a living fossil.
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Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, Chilean pine, orpehuén) is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall with a 2-m (7-ft) trunk diameter. The tree is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina.[1] Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in theconifer genus Araucaria. Because of the great […] read more
Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris 
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Fact: In Britain it now occurs naturally only in Scotland, but historical and archaeological records indicate that it also one occured in Wales and England.
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Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a species of pine that is native to Europe and Asia, ranging from western Europe to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia, and north to well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia. In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1,000 m, […] read more
Brachyphyllum
Brachyphyllum 
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These coniferous trees lived all over the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
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Brachyphyllum is an extinct genus of plants belonging to Araucariaceae. They were found around the globe during the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous period.[1] (From Wikipedia, February 2015) read more
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulis 
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Fact: Pinus albicaulis may grow more than 20 meters in height if in favorable conditions
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Whitebark Pine A stand of Whitebark Pines Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Pinus Subgenus: Strobus Species: P. albicaulis Binomial name Pinus albicaulis Engelm. Pinus albicaulis, known commonly as Whitebark Pine, Pitch Pine, Scrub Pine, and Creeping Pine occurs in the mountains of […] read more
Aleppo Pine
Pinus halepensis 
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• Pinus halepensis has a SPREAD of 2
• Pinus halepensis is considered an invasive species in South Africa and Southern Australia.
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Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo Pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. Their range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Tunisia, and Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria, Lebanon, southern Turkey, Jordan, […] read more