This Is Not A Pine Tree

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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.
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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:   / drschroeder  
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Image Credits:

Christmas Tree - Ricardo Reitmeyer / Shutterstock

Fir Tree Snow - Allen McGregor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/allenmc...

Douglas Fir - USDA (Public Domain)

Wolf - Arantza Ansotegui
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1215526...

Fox - Peter Trimming
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter-t...

Canis mesomelas - Hans Hillewaert
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

White Pine Pinus strobus - US FWS (Public Domain)

Ponderosa Pine - Wikimedia user Famartin
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Stone Pine - Wikimedia user MPF
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Balsam Fir Needles - Homer Edward Price
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2834034...

Ponderosa Pine Cone - Flickr user S. Rae
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3514263...

Douglas Fir Cones - Wikimedia user MPF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ps...

Knobcone Pine Cone - Wikimedia user Geographer
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Ponderosa pine - Wikimedia user Clyde_frogg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Huangshan pine
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Y...

Picea abies Norway Spruce - Ivar Leidus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ku...

Picea abies - Wikimedia user Qgroom
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Serbian Spruce - Flickr user F D Richards
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5069735...

Picea Needles - Rudolf Schäfer
https://www.flickr.com/photos/schaefe...

Norway Spruce Cone - Dave Hosford
https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimo...

Abies Alba Silver Fir - Wikimedia user Crusier
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Abies Alba Fir Cones - Jerzy Opiola
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Abies Alba Fir Needles - Böhringer Friedrich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ab...

Pseudotsuga menziesii - Walter Siegmund
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Douglas Fir Cones - Flickr user born1945
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1256771...

Larch - Flickr user Björn S.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/4094826...

Winter Larch - Anneli Salo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Cathaya argyrophylla - Wikimedia user Daderot
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Tsuga heterophylla - JeanPol Grandmont
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Keteleeria davidiana - Wikimedia user Daderot
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Cedrus - Jacinta lluch Valero
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7062603...

Pseudolarix amabilis - Jeffrey O. Gustafson
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...