Table 1.

Woody plant species grown under polar light conditions in a simulated Cretaceous environment with and without CO₂ enrichment

Species	Family	Life form	Native habitat
Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree)	Ginkgoaceae	Deciduous tree	Uncertain, widely planted in urban environments, but probably sub‐tropical forests of southern China*
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood)	Taxodiaceae	Deciduous conifer	Mesothermal forested regions of S.E. China†
Sequoia sempervirens (coastal redwood)	Taxodiaceae	Evergreen conifer	Low hills, near coastal regions of California‡
Taxodium distichum (swamp cypress)	Taxodiaceae	Deciduous conifer	Tidal creeks, flood plains, southern USA
Araucaria araucana (monkey‐puzzle)	Araucariaceae	Evergreen conifer	Forests in the southern Andes, Chile§
Nothofagus cunninghamii (southern beech)	Nothofagaceae	Evergreen tree	Cool/temperate forests, Australia/Tasmania¶

* Tredici et al. (1992).

^† Chaney (1948); Chu and Cooper (1950).

^‡ Waring and Franklin (1979).

^§ De Laubenfels (1988).

^¶ Read (1999).