conifers

     

Coraitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales †

Trivia about conifers

  • In trees of this cone-bearing order such as the Douglas fir, males carry micro-spores: females, megaspores
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota.) The Douglas fir, one of whose enormous trunks is seen here, belongs to this cone-bearing order of trees.

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