List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (conifers)

Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.

This page covers the conifers (class Pinopsida). For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.

All are part of the order Pinales.

Species list

Family Pinaceae (pines)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Scots pine	Pinus sylvestris
European black pine	Pinus nigra	*
Lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta	*
Maritime pine	Pinus pinaster	*
Monterey pine	Pinus radiata	*
Eastern white pine	Pinus strobus	*
Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis	*
Norway spruce	Picea abies	*
European larch	Larix decidua	*
Japanese larch	Larix kaempferi	*
Coast Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	*
Western hemlock	Tsuga heterophylla	*
Silver fir	Abies alba	*
Grand fir	Abies grandis	*
Noble fir	Abies procera	*
Deodar cedar	Cedrus deodara	*
Lebanon cedar	Cedrus libani var atlantica	*

Family Araucariaceae (araucarians)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Monkey-puzzle	Araucaria araucana	*

Family Cupressaceae (cypresses)

English name	Scientific name	Status
Western redcedar	Thuja plicata	*
Lawson's cypress	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	*
Sawara cypress	Chamaecyparis pisifera	*
Monterey cypress	Cupressus macrocarpa	*
Common juniper	Juniperus communis

Family Taxaceae (yews)

English name	Scientific name	Status
European yew	Taxus baccata

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