Deciduous and coniferous trees vary in many more ways than only leaf types. Learn these differences and you'll know which ...

What I find most amazing about the boreal forest are the adaptations the conifers have for the harsh conditions they must contend with. Aside from a cold and short growing season, there is the ...

The outer trees might totally loose needles and branches. Many conifer species are food for animals during the winter. Pine cones and needles are some of the better sources of nutrients in the winter.

Also, water doesn’t move easily through a plant when it’s cold. Needles are narrow and scales are compact. These adaptations lower the water demands that otherwise large flat leaves would have. They ...

‘King of the conifers’ Sugar pines, named for their sweet, syrupy resin, are some of the biggest trees in the world and can live for hundreds of years and grow more than 200 feet tall.

Selective breeding to accelerate tree growth may exacerbate future genetic trade-offs between growth and climate adaptation, complicating reforestation efforts for future climates, a study finds ...

Despite climate adaptation being hindered by a lack of clear understanding of what it entails, inadequate policy frameworks, and an unclear financial taxonomy, it benefits forest management by ...

The canopy fauna of four coniferous tree species was compared with those of four deciduous broad-leaved species from the UK. Sampling was carried out using pyrethrin knockdown and density and species ...

Cedars and junipers are both evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the plant order Pinales. They have many traits in common and are easily confused, in part because some trees commonly referred ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee takes us through the different characteristics of coniferous trees found here in Indiana, particularly their foliage and the ...