ORDER PINALES

Order Pinales

Order CONIFERS

This order was formerly known as the Order Coniferales.
The Coniferales is by far the largest of the five gymnosperm orders.

Order Conifers reproduce by means of seeds borne on the scales of female cones,
and the pollen is produced in separate male cones.
Pollination in conifers is by wind blowing the yellow pollen from the male cones to the female cones.
The pollen grains typically have two, bladderlike wings
Characterized by having staminate or pollen-producing cones; most bear ovulate or seed-producing cones

290 million years old

The leaves are spirally disposed and are linear

cedar, pine, spruce, fir, larch, redwood, cypress, juniper, and yew
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