Annual and perennial plants, deciduous and evergreen trees, plants inhabiting different stations and fitted for extremely different climates, can often be crossed with ease.
On the other end of the spectrum are plants that don't shed their leaves — for example, the pines, spruces, cedars and firs that make up the conifers, or evergreens.
This continent is dominated by a single family, Eucalyptus, which is evergreen, regardless of the substantial climatic variations found there, and leads to forests unlike any other in character.