Living Fossils
The Wollemi pine is a living fossil -- a plant whose closest relatives all seem to be extinct. A few living plants of Wollemi pine were discovered in an isolated groove in Australia in 1996, and their location is being kept secret to protect them. Information about these remarkable trees can be found at the "Wollemi Pine" web site, which is maintained by "The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney".
Visit the The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney web site
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Conifers of the U.S.A.
Visit the web site "Trees of the Pacific Northwest" to view photographs and read text information about the conifers of this region of the United States. The site also has a helpful dichotomous key if you have specimens that you would like to try to identify.
Visit the Trees of the Pacific Northwest web site
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