fir: Quick Facts

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Fir and hemlock

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

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Oyamel fir noble fir grand fir balsam fir silver fir Christmas tree wood Pinaceae evergreen pine Mango Lemon Olive birch teak coconut palm clove chestnut oak

Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)

Trees: Giants Holding the Sky

Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)

Trees of the World

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous