List of coniferous plants of Montana

There are at least 20 species of Gymnosperms or Coniferous plants in Montana. ^[1]

The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferophyta or Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. Pinophytes are gymnosperms. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs. Typical examples of conifers include cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauris, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews.^[2] The division contains approximately eight families, 68 genera, and 630 living species.^[3][4]

The Ponderosa Pine, a conifer, is the Montana State Tree. ^[5]

Contents 1 Cedars and Junipers 2 Fir, Hemlock, Larch, Pine, and Spruce 3 Yew 4 Further reading 5 See also 6 Notes

Cedars and Junipers

Order: Pinales, Family: Cupressaceae

• Common Juniper, Juniperus communis ^[6]
• Creeping Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis ^[7]
• Rocky Mountain Juniper, Juniperus scopulorum ^[8]
• Utah Juniper, Juniperus osteosperma ^[9]
• Western Redcedar, Thuja plicata ^[10]

Fir, Hemlock, Larch, Pine, and Spruce

Order: Pinales, Family: Pinaceae

• Alpine Larch, Larix lyallii ^[11]
• Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii ^[12]
• Engelmann Spruce, Picea engelmannii ^[13]
• Grand Fir, Abies grandis ^[14]
• Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis ^[15]
• Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta ^[16]
• Mountain Hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana ^[17]
• Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa ^[18]
• Subalpine Fir, Abies lasiocarpa ^[19]
• Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla ^[20]
• Western Larch, Larix occidentalis ^[21]
• Western White Pine, Pinus monticola ^[22]
• White Spruce, Picea glauca ^[23]
• Whitebark Pine, Pinus albicaulis ^[24]

Yew

Order: Pinales, Family: Taxaceae

• Pacific Yew, Taxus brevifolia ^[25]

Further reading

• Rydberg, Per Axel PhD (1900). Catalogue of the flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park. New York: New York Botanical Garden. http://www.archive.org/download/catalogueofflor00rydb/catalogueofflor00rydb.pdf. 
• Booth, W.E. (1950). Flora of Montana, Part I Conifers and Monocots. Bozeman, Montana: The Research Foundation at Montana State College. 
• Kavanaugh, James (2005). Montana Trees & Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species. Waterford Press. ISBN 1583552936. 
• Little, E.L., Jr. (1979). Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541.. Washington, D.C: U.S. Forest Service. 
• Petrides, George A. (1992). A Field Guide to Western Trees. Western United States and Canada. Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides 50th Anniversary Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. 

See also

• Ecology of the Rocky Mountains
• Lichens of Montana
• Monocotyledons of Montana

Notes

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