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The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubThe word 'bush' re-directs here; for alternate uses see Bush (disambiguation A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 ms. Conifers are frequently dominant plants in their habitatA habitat (from the Latin for "it inhabits") is the place where a particular organism usually lives or grows. A biotope is the smallest possible geographic region of a habitat. A biome is the set of flora and fauna which live in a habitat and occupy a cers, and species of conifer can be found growing naturally in almost all parts of the world. Typical examples of conifers are cedarCedrus deodara ''Cedrus libani C. libani var. libani C. libani var. stenocoma C. libani var. brevifolia C. libani var. atlantica Cedar correctly refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. They are most clos, cypressCypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis but several other genera in the family carry the name: Cupressaceae Ces, douglas-firDouglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous trees of the genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. There are five species, two in western North America, one in Mexico and two in eastern Asia. The douglas-firs gave 19th century botanists problemss, firFirs Abies are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0. 5-4 m when mature. Firs can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by ts, juniper50-55 species; see text. Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. There are about 50-55 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the arctic, south to tropical Africa is, kaurisAgathis Queensland Kauri Agathis robusta : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae :Agathis Species See text The genus Agathis commonly known as kauri or dammar forms a relatively small group of 21 species of evergreen trees in the famil, larches, pines, redwoods, spruces, and yews. Conifers are of immense economic value, primarily for timber and paper production; the wood of conifers is known as softwood.
