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Pine

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Pine
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), North Korea
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Pinus

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda): male cones
A fully mature Monterey pine cone on the forest floor

Pines are a large and important genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. The Plant List of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden lists 126 species of pines,[1] plus a lot of synonyms.[2]

Pines live in almost the entire Northern Hemisphere. In North America, they live in the southern part of Arctic to Nicaragua and