Trees

Coniferous Trees

All living conifers are woody plants, and most are trees, the majority having monopodial growth form (a single, straight trunk with side branches) with strong apical dominance. The size of mature conifers varies from less than one meter, to over 100 metres. The world's tallest, largest, thickest and oldest living things are all conifers. The tallest is a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), with a height of 115.2 metres. The largest is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), with a volume 1486.9 cubic metres. The thickest, or tree with the greatest trunk diameter, is a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), 11.42 metres in diameter. The oldest is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva), 4,700 years old.

Conifers are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs. Species of conifers can be found growing naturally in almost all parts of the world, and are frequently dominant plants in their habitats.

Typical examples of conifers include:

• cedars
• douglas-firs
• firs
• junipers
• pines
• spruces
• and many more

Deciduous Trees

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off" (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe.

The Deciduous trees you'll find at Carson Valley Garden & Ranch Center include:

• Maple
• Oaks
• Elm
• Aspen
• Birch
• and many others

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