Pine and cypress is not a tree, it is two kinds of trees, respectively, is a pine tree and cypress, mainly because these two trees are evergreen trees, and on behalf of the strong and unyielding character, so there are pine and cypress said.

The cypress for the cypress family cypress genus of a kind of evergreen trees, in China is widely distributed, from Inner Mongolia, Jilin, south to Guangdong and northern Guangxi, is an excellent landscaping species.

Pine is an evergreen tree, is a conifer tree, it has many varieties, generally known as the oil pine, black pine, yellow pine, ponytail pine, etc., usually the life of the pine tree is relatively long, and also has a very strong vitality.

Pine appearance characteristics

Cypress younger crown for the pyramid shape, branches are more whorled bearing, linear lanceolate, primary leaves exercise the function of the leaf 1 ~ 3 years before the emergence of needles, usually 2, 3, 5 bunches, bearing the top of the short branches, the base of each bunch of needles with leaf sheaths, early shedding or persistent, the position of the resin tracts of the leaf pulp tissue in the adult plant is relatively constant.

The most obvious characteristic of Pinus sylvestris is that the leaves are needle-like, often 2-needle, 3-needle bundles, such as the oil pine, horsetail pine, yellow pine leaves 2-needle bundles, the white pine leaves 3-needle bundles, the red pine, Chinese pine, five-needle pines, the leaves 5-needle bundles.

Pine and cypress in where

Pine and cypress trees are originally cold and alpine growth of trees, they can withstand cold, drought, barren, and evergreen, but can not be excessively wet, shady, and need to be sunny, pines and cypresses belong to the gymnosperm family, mainly distributed in the northern and southern hemispheres, China has 8 genera, 29 species, the distribution of the southwest region and Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Sichuan, etc..

Pine and cypress pictures to appreciate