This Is Not A Pine Tree

Thanks for watching this video and thanks to all of our Patreon supporters who make MinuteEarth possible. If you d like to support us as well, you can go to https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth. We really appreciate it. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - Vidhya Krishnaraj - Today I Found Out - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Maarten Bremer - Tony Fadell - Antoine Coeur - Nicholas Buckendorf - Alberto Bortoni - Valentin - Muhammad Shifaz ___________________________________________ True Pines (conifer trees in the genus Pinus) are often confused with other members of the Pinaceae family like Picea (Spruces), Abies (Firs), Pseudotsuga (Douglas-firs) or Larix (Larches). So is very likely that your Christmas tree is not a pine. ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Henry Reich (@MinutePhysics) Script Editor: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (twitter:@eversalazar) Video Director: Henry Reich Narrator: Henry Reich With Contributions From: Emily Elert (@eelert), Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) and Peter Reich Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd And for exclusive early access to all our videos, sign up with Vessel: https://goo.gl/hgD1iJ Already subscribed? Help us keep making MinuteEarth by supporting us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Also, say hello on: Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And find us on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ________________________ Image Credits: Christmas Tree - Ricardo Reitmeyer / Shutterstock Fir Tree Snow - Allen McGregor https://www.flickr.com/photos/allenmcgregor/5322599282 Douglas Fir - USDA (Public Domain) Wolf - Arantza Ansotegui https://www.flickr.com/photos/121552653@N02/14530661499 Fox - Peter Trimming https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter-trimming/6173020494/ Canis mesomelas - Hans Hillewaert https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canis_mesomelas.jpg White Pine Pinus strobus - US FWS (Public Domain) Ponderosa Pine - Wikimedia user Famartin https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-07-14_10_15_37_Ponderosa_Pine_along_the_lower_portion_of_Wheeler_Peak_Scenic_Drive.jpg Stone Pine - Wikimedia user MPF https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Pinus_pinea_foliage.jpg Balsam Fir Needles - Homer Edward Price https://www.flickr.com/photos/28340342@N08/6255945212 Ponderosa Pine Cone - Flickr user S. Rae https://www.flickr.com/photos/35142635@N05/16378627751 Douglas Fir Cones - Wikimedia user MPF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudotsuga_menziesii_cone.jpg Knobcone Pine Cone - Wikimedia user Geographer https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knobcone_Pine_Cone.jpg Ponderosa pine - Wikimedia user Clyde_frogg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ponderosa_Identification.jpg Huangshan pine https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Ying_Ke_Pine.JPG Picea abies Norway Spruce - Ivar Leidus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kuusk_Keila-Paldiski_rdt_%C3%A4%C3%A4res.jpg Picea abies - Wikimedia user Qgroom https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picea_abies1.JPG Serbian Spruce - Flickr user F D Richards https://www.flickr.com/photos/50697352@N00/10107213194 Picea Needles - Rudolf Schäfer https://www.flickr.com/photos/schaefer-rudolf/7067451777 Norway Spruce Cone - Dave Hosford https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4411500383 Abies Alba Silver Fir - Wikimedia user Crusier https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abies_alba_Silesian_Beskids.jpg Abies Alba Fir Cones - Jerzy Opiola https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abies_alba_P26.jpg Abies Alba Fir Needles - Böhringer Friedrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abies_alba,_Wei%C3%9F_Tanne_1.JPG Pseudotsuga menziesii - Walter Siegmund https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudotsuga_menziesii_28021.JPG Douglas Fir Cones - Flickr user born1945 https://www.flickr.com/photos/12567713@N00/5606447150 Larch - Flickr user Björn S. https://www.flickr.com/photos/40948266@N04/23342083471 Winter Larch - Anneli Salo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larix_sibirica_-_Siperianlehtikuusi,_Sibirisk_l%C3%A4rk,_Siberian_larch_IMG_9213_C.JPG Cathaya argyrophylla - Wikimedia user Daderot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathaya_argyrophylla_-_Arnold_Arboretum_-_DSC06796.JPG Tsuga heterophylla - JeanPol Grandmont https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tsuga_heterophylla_%27Pendula%27_JPG.jpg Keteleeria davidiana - Wikimedia user Daderot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keteleeria_davidiana_-_Quarryhill_Botanical_Garden_-_DSC03431.JPG Cedrus - Jacinta lluch Valero https://www.flickr.com/photos/70626035@N00/5789905750 Pseudolarix amabilis - Jeffrey O. Gustafson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Larch_Bonsai_Forest.JPG