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".
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.
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