Conifer Cross Word

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Across
  1. 3. Only US state with no native conifers
  2. 6. US state with most species of conifers
  3. 7. this literally means "false hemlock"
  4. 8. This new Caledonia endemic is perhaps the only obligate aquatic conifer
  5. 10. largest genus in Pinaceae
  6. 11. Largest species of pine
  7. 12. It would puzzle a monkey how to climb this one
  8. 14. once widespread but now restricted to Japan, this is the smallest conifer family
  9. 15. This common western tree is often used for telephone poles
  10. 16. Number of species of Araucariaceae in Northern Hemisphere
  11. 17. this genus can be somewhat draining
Down
  1. 1. This rare US genus has a state park named after it in Florida
  2. 2. this western US tree is sometimes called pencil cedar
  3. 4. Genus discovered at the end of 2000s in Australia. "It's not a fern it's a bloody Tree!"
  4. 5. "hairless" genus from the SE United States
  5. 9. most widespread eastern conifer
  6. 12. Country with most species of pine
  7. 13. water conducting vessels of conifers