The conifers: cone-bearing seed plants with needle-like or scale-like leaves, most of them evergreen. Pinophyta includes pines, spruces, firs, cedars and redwoods, and dominates the boreal forest biome across the Northern Hemisphere as well as many temperate mountain ranges.
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1. Pinophyta (Wikipedia)
2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Pinophyta
Wikidata Q132825, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: Conifer
In Group: Seed Plant Divisions, LeadQuote, In Group: Seed Plant Divisions, Lead
Conifers () are a group of vascular plants and a subset of gymnosperms.
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