### plant | tracheophyte | tree | coniferous tree:

Cedar tree
* Most cedar trees drop green leaves
* Most cedar trees grow in meadows
  - to height
  - tolerate drought conditions
* Some cedar trees produce cones
  - provide food
* are also yummy to dogs and rodents who enjoy munching on the bark
  - aromatic landscaping trees
  - common landscaping trees which can be seen in thousands of gardens
  - tall, wide, strong poles with a hat of green leaves at the very top
* give way to cottonwood and hackberry trees.
* have the added advantage of good resistance to decay.
* hold a special meaning.
* placed in early summer can dry out and lose their needles before being flooded.
* produce their new cones in late summer on short shoots at the tips of branches.
* tolerate conditions

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | coniferous tree | cedar tree:

White cedar
* is an extremely durable wood that naturally resists rot
  - native to the northern Minnesota bog country and thrives in wetter, organic soils
  - naturally insect and rot resistant, non-toxic and safe to handle
* likes high humidity and tolerates wet soils.
* stands in northern Florida.

Cypress tree
* grow out of standing water.
* have tall straight trunks with flared bottoms.
* line the deeper creek channels of lakes showing the deeper areas by their absence.
* offer year-round bass habitat.
* represent death.
* scatter their pollen about a month after the cedar trees do.

Fir tree
* Some fir trees have needles.
* are trees.
* can survive in colder places than oak trees.
* droop under the weight of a new snowfall.
* respond well to proper amounts of fertilizer by producing a thick dark green growth.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | coniferous tree:

Hemlock
* are conifers
  - fast-growing, but require abundant moisture
  - important as ornamental plants and as a paper pulp species
  - long-lived evergreens that are extremely shade tolerant
  - poisonous plants
  - the most shade tolerant evergreen tree
* can remain in good condition if treatment begins early in the infestation process.
* frequently die in the landscape due to improper siting.
* make lovely hedges and can be freely clipped without worry of damaging the plant.
* occurs in a few places along watercourses.
* perform best in cool sites with well-drained, moist soils.
* prefer cool, moist places.
* produce cones that encase the paper-thin seeds.
* stands account for more than five per cent of Maine's total forest population.
* thrive in a location that is moist but well-drained, with bright unobstructed sunlight.

Hemlock tree
* are capable of surviving for long periods in the shade of other trees.
* have round tipped leaves and small white flowers.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | coniferous tree | hemlock tree:

Eastern hemlock
* are hemlocks.
* can grow to a height of more than one hundred feet.
* hemlock tree
* is economically important in several areas of the eastern United States.
* popular ornamental tree.
* produces small pendant cones.

Western hemlock
* accepts stains smoothly and evenly, enableing it to closely resemble hardwoods.
* are hemlocks.
* is found on most soil textures
  - grown for box wood
  - highly productive on soils with a high range of available nutrients
  - moderately light in weight and moderate in strength
  - very shade tolerant
* large, native, evergreen tree.

Huon pine
* is Australia's most precious timber
  - one of Tasmania's rare and natural icons
  - unique among trees
* kind of tree found in Tasmania.