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Across
1. High elevation ornamental tree w/prickly rounded scale shaped needles
3. Tree w/quite sharp, four sided green needles
5. A very detailed list of traits used to classify organisms.
10. Conifer-needles w/short stalks appear two ranked w/mixed sizes
12. Cat w/indistinct spots, short ear ruffs & broad cheeks
13. Needles in bundles of 20-50, loses its needles in fall
14. Tree w/flat, quite sharp flatened needles.
15. Large cat w/yellowish/tan top, whitish/buff underside
17. A two-word naming system is called..
19. A great variety of plants, animals, and other organisms give us this.
20. Pine with needle in bundles of five
23. An organism's evolutionary history.
25. High mountain fir w/straight Needles-upper ones point up
27. The smallest and most precise classification catagory.
28. Pine with needles in bundles of three.
29. Phylums and divisions are separated into these.
30. Needles firmly joined to stem for 1/2 length. Makes cancer drug
31. Orders of organisms are separated into these.
32. Fragrant tree w/glossy, broad, flat, shield shaped needles
33. The science of classifying & naming organisms
Down
2. Not a true fir, this pointed bud tree is prized for lumber
4. A group of different organisms that have similar characteristics.
6. Northern cedar with rounded, prickly foliage
7. Called Lodgepole because indians used these to build lodges
8. Fir w/needles two ranked
9. Cat w/long ear tufts tipped w/black & no cheek ruff
11. The largest taxonomic catagory
12. Large cat spotted w/black rosettes or rings in rows
16. Top needles flat, point forward.Top green-bottom silver
18. High altitude Hemlock, needles grow all around stem
20. Next division after Kingdoms
21. Commonly used for Christmas, its needles curve like hockey sticks
22. Classes are separated into these
24. Plants are separated into these instead of phylums
26. To group ideas, information or objects based upon similarities
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