What is the family name of pines?
Q: What is the family name of pines?
A: Pines belong to the family Pinaceae.
Q: How many species of pines are listed in The Plant List of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden?
A: The Plant List of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden lists 126 species of pines.
Q: Where does the Great Basin bristlecone pine, the world's oldest living tree, grow?
A: The Great Basin bristlecone pine, the world's oldest living tree, grows in the White Mountains of California.
Q: In which parts of the world do pines live?
A: Pines live in almost the entire Northern Hemisphere, in North America, Europe, Asia, some northern parts of Africa, and north of Majorca (Mallorca) on the rugged mountains.
Q: How tall do pines typically grow?
A: Pines are long-lived trees (rarely large shrubs), typically reaching heights of 5–70 metres tall.
Q: What is the age range for pines?
A: Pines can live for ages of 100–1,000 years, some even more.
Q: What is the oldest living tree in the world?
A: The Great Basin bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva, has an individual named "Methuselah" which is the world's oldest living tree, estimated to be 4,600 years old.
