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Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia, Working Draft of 1 January 1997 -- Gymnosperms

Alan S. Weakley.
The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Southern Conservation Science Department.

Copyright - Alan S. Weakley, 1998, 1999. All Rights Reserved.


GYMNOSPERMS

1. Leaves fan-shaped, dichotomously-veined, deciduous.....GINKGOACEAE
1. Leaves needle-like or scale-like, not dichotomously veined, evergreen (rarely deciduous).....2 3. Foliage leaves needle-like or scale-like, alternate, opposite, or whorled; cone scales valvate or imbricate (if imbricate, the leaves scale-like and opposite).....CUPRESSACEAE


3. Foliage leaves needle-like, alternate or fascicled; cone scales imbricate.....PINACEAE