What do most people say for “Name a conifer”?

The usual first answers are Pine, Fir and Spruce. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a conifer”?

24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a conifer” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Fir” and the longest is “Japanese umbrella pine”.

Nature trivia

Name a conifer

“Name a conifer” is one of 39 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 24 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Pine
Fir
Spruce

One step down

These 5 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Cedar
Cypress
Juniper
Redwood
Sequoia

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	5	50
The Abyss	10	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 5 answers starting with A, D, H, L and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

24 answers in total, 9 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Fir”. Longest: “Japanese umbrella pine”.
S, C and D are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Thuja” counts as Arborvitae.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 4 of the answers begin with it.
Pine, Fir and Spruce are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.

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