The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida. They are cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. All extant conifers are perennial woody plants with secondary growth. The great majority are trees, though a few are shrubs. Examples include cedars, Douglas firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews. As of 1998, the division Pinophyta was estimated to contain eight families, 68 genera, and 629 living species. Learn more about Conifer
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Alaskan Larch (20 videos) | Larix laricina | Not Available |
Black She-oak (2 videos) | Allocasuarina littoralis | Not Available |
Bog Spruce (1 videos) | Picea mariana | Not Available |
Bull Pine (1 videos) | Pinus ponderosa | Not Available |
California Redwood (303 videos) | Sequoia sempervirens | Not Available |
Coast Spruce (15 videos) | Picea sitchensis | Not Available |
Common Juniper (4 videos) | Juniperus communis | Not Available |
Dawn Redwood (1 videos) | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Not Available |
Drooping She-oak (1 videos) | Allocasuarina verticillata | Not Available |
Eastern Red-cedar (1 videos) | Juniperus virginiana | Not Available |
Foxtailed Pine (11 videos) | Pinus balfouriana | Not Available |
Giant Redwood (52 videos) | Sequoiadendron giganteum | Not Available |
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (6 videos) | Pinus longaeva | Not Available |
Ground Pine (4 videos) | Lycopodium obscurum | Not Available |
Hackmatack (9 videos) | Larix occidentalis | Not Available |
Huon Pine (6 videos) | Lagarostrobos franklinii | Not Available |
Insignis Pine (3 videos) | Pinus radiata | Not Available |
Japanese Cedar (5 videos) | Cryptomeria japonica | Not Available |
Longleaf Pine (0 videos) | Pinus palustris | Not Available |
Mountain Pine (0 videos) | Pinus uncinata | Not Available |
Norway Pine (1 videos) | Pinus resinosa | Not Available |
Norway Spruce (1 videos) | Picea abies | Not Available |
Pinon (97 videos) | Tillandsia lineatispica | Not Available |
Pitch Pine (1 videos) | Pinus rigida | Not Available |
Redwood (1740 videos) | Eucalyptus transcontinentalis | Not Available |
Scots Pine (11 videos) | Pinus sylvestris | Not Available |
Tamarack (30 videos) | Larix lyallii | Not Available |
Utah Juniper (1 videos) | Juniperus osteosperma | Not Available |
Western Red Cedar (1 videos) | Thuja plicata | Not Available |
White Cedar (1 videos) | Tabebuia heterophylla | Not Available |
White Pine (0 videos) | Pinus strobus | Not Available |