Common Plants in the Berkeley Fire Trails

A brief guide that looks at common plants in the Berkeley Fire Trails.

Pine Family

Pinaceae (the pine family) are trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. The family is included in the order Pinales, formerly known as Coniferales. Pinaceae are supported as monophyletic by its protein-type sieve cell plastids, pattern of proembryogeny, and lack of ...more ↓

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