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Pine tree

Pines are vascular plants, trees, and shrubs, which belong to the coniferous group and the Pinaceae family. They have pyramidal or rounded crowns and in adult trees, it can be wide and depressed. It develops male cones on annual shoots and the seeds are winged.

Fir tree

It belongs to the genus Abies and belongs to the Pinaceae family and to the group of conifers. In this genus, there are 33 main species and 22 subspecies. They grow in coniferous forests in Central and Eastern Asia, North America, and central and southern Europe.

They can grow 10 to 80 m tall.

suggested video: Pine vs Fir

Differences between Pine and Fir

• Fir trees differ from pines by their needle-shaped leaves attached to the branch by a suction cup. They also have cylindrical cones 5 to 25 cm long, compact, with scales, these stands erect on the branches of the upper part.
• Pine cones break off and fall to the ground.
• Fir cones do not fall but decompose releasing the pine nuts.
• Pines belong to the genus Pinus.
• Fir trees belong to the genus Abies.
• Pines can be trees or shrubs.
• Fir trees are trees and can grow in very cold and mountainous areas in the northern hemisphere.
• Pines can be trees or shrubs. They grow in cold areas of the northern hemisphere to the subtropics.
• Fir trees have about 55 species.
• Pines have 120 species.
• Fir trees have short needles, less than 5 cm long. Soft to the touch
• Pines have needles in groups of 2 to 8 with a length ranging from 2.54 cm to 40.64 cm.
• Pines have an open, rounded canopy, a slightly triangular or irregular shape.
• Fir trees have a tall triangular shape.