Pinales

E8183

Pinales is the botanical order of coniferous trees and shrubs that includes pines, firs, spruces, and related needle-leaved, cone-bearing plants.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf conifer order
plant order
taxonomic rank
characterizedBy coneBearingReproduction
needleLikeLeaves
scaleLikeLeaves
commonName conifers
containsDeciduousTaxa true
diversifiedIn MesozoicEra
division Pinophyta
dominantIn borealBiome
economicUse ornamentalPlanting
pulpAndPaper
resinsAndTurpentine
timberProduction
geologicalOrigin PaleozoicEra
hasVascularTissue true
includes Araucariaceae
Cephalotaxaceae
Cupressaceae
Phyllocladaceae
Pinaceae
Podocarpaceae
Sciadopityaceae
Taxaceae
cedars
cypresses
firs
hemlocks
junipers
larches
pines
spruces
yews
kingdom Plantae
leafPersistence mostlyEvergreen
lifeForm shrubs
trees
photosyntheticOrganisms true
photosyntheticPathway C3
pollinationMode windPollination
reproductiveStructure pollenCones
seedCones
strobili
seedDispersalMode animalDispersal
windDispersal
seedType gymnosperm
subdivision Pinidae
taxonRank order
typicalHabitat borealForests
montaneRegions
temperateForests
woodType softwood


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