gymnosperm

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Wind pollination

Great Basin bristlecone pine

Italian cypress

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types of cells present in hardwoods and softwoods

The exposed seeds of a gymnosperm.

Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms

How different plants store their seeds

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Also Known As	Gymnospermae

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General Sherman tree

Wind pollination

Great Basin bristlecone pine

Italian cypress

boreal forest in Alaska

American arborvitae

How different plants store their seeds

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conifer cycadophyte gnetophyte ginkgophyte Cycadeoidophyta seed fern plant bryophyte weed lower vascular plant parasitic plant carnivorous plant heirloom plant vegetable herbaceous plant oil plant everlasting

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