This Is Not A Pine Tree
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True Pines (conifer trees in the genus Pinus) are often confused with other members of the Pinaceae family like Picea (Spruces), Abies (Firs), Pseudotsuga (Douglas-firs) or Larix (Larches). So is very likely that your Christmas tree is not a pine.
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Credits (and Twitter handles):
Script Writer: Henry Reich (@MinutePhysics)
Script Editor: Alex Reich (@alexhreich)
Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (twitter:@eversalazar)
Video Director: Henry Reich
Narrator: Henry Reich
With Contributions From: Emily Elert (@eelert), Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) and Peter Reich
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder:
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Image Credits:
Christmas Tree – Ricardo Reitmeyer / Shutterstock
Fir Tree Snow – Allen McGregor
Douglas Fir – USDA (Public Domain)
Wolf – Arantza Ansotegui
Fox – Peter Trimming
Canis mesomelas – Hans Hillewaert
White Pine Pinus strobus – US FWS (Public Domain)
Ponderosa Pine – Wikimedia user Famartin
Stone Pine – Wikimedia user MPF
Balsam Fir Needles – Homer Edward Price
Ponderosa Pine Cone – Flickr user S. Rae
Douglas Fir Cones – Wikimedia user MPF
Knobcone Pine Cone – Wikimedia user Geographer
Ponderosa pine – Wikimedia user Clyde_frogg
Huangshan pine
Picea abies Norway Spruce – Ivar Leidus
Picea abies – Wikimedia user Qgroom
Serbian Spruce – Flickr user F D Richards
Picea Needles – Rudolf Schäfer
Norway Spruce Cone – Dave Hosford
Abies Alba Silver Fir – Wikimedia user Crusier
Abies Alba Fir Cones – Jerzy Opiola
Abies Alba Fir Needles – Böhringer Friedrich
Pseudotsuga menziesii – Walter Siegmund
Douglas Fir Cones – Flickr user born1945
Larch – Flickr user Björn S.
Winter Larch – Anneli Salo
Cathaya argyrophylla – Wikimedia user Daderot
Tsuga heterophylla – JeanPol Grandmont
Keteleeria davidiana – Wikimedia user Daderot
Cedrus – Jacinta lluch Valero
Pseudolarix amabilis – Jeffrey O. Gustafson