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the tree that invented winter survival by refusing to drop dead like everyone else
means A tree or shrub that bears its seeds in cones and usually keeps its needle-like leaves year-round, such as pines, firs, and spruces.
from From Latin: conus, 'cone,' plus the verb ferre, 'to bear or carry' — so literally a 'cone-bearer.' The same ferre gives us a whole family of carriers, from 'transfer' to 'fertile,' while conus traces back to Greek konos, the geometric cone. Botanists adopted the term in the early modern era to neatly file away the cone-bearing trees as a group.
- oldest living
- Bristlecone pines exceed 4,800 years old
- tallest tree
- Coast redwoods top 380 feet
- naked seeds
- Cones hold seeds with no fruit covering
- antifreeze
- Resin and waxy needles defy hard freezes
- ancient lineage
- Predate flowering plants by 100 million years
bristlecone pine — oldest living tree on earth, some over 5,000 years old in california
giant sequoia — largest tree by volume, general sherman tree in sierra nevada weighs 2,700 tons
coast redwood — tallest tree on earth, hyperion at 380 feet in california