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- noun a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
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Only pine trees, which have an ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with fungi, are capable of obtaining in this way a sufficient amount of food sources to achieve the size of trees. biomesDeciduous forests have a single tree story made up of primarily coniferous trees, and a dense xerophytic brushy story of mainly rubiaceae, euforbiaceae, mirtaceae, and melastomataceae.
Cuban pine forests 2008
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