Conifers are most abundant in cool temperate and boreal regions, where they are important timber trees and ornamentals, but they are most diverse in warmer ...
Conifers are a group of trees and shrubs that produce cones. The cones carry their seeds. Most conifers are evergreens, or trees that keep their leaves ...
Conifer trees grow their seeds inside cones, and most have needle-shaped leaves. Redwoods are the tallest conifers and the tallest trees on Earth.
The mature seed consists of the dormant embryo embedded in remnants of the female gametophyte and megasporangium (nucellus) and surrounded by a seed coat.
a bush or tree (such as a pine) that produces cones and that usually has leaves that are green all year. Most conifers are evergreen.
The trees and shrubs known as conifers produce woody cones with seeds attached to the scales. Most conifers are evergreen trees with needle-shaped leaves.
The sporophytes of all conifers are trees or shrubs. They have a life span that ranges from a few decades to more than 5,000 years. The ecological role and way ...
All conifers are pollinated by wind. Pollen may be produced in enormous quantities, particularly by species of true pine (Pinus), which can blanket the ...
Conifer species are unevenly distributed. The Eurasian continent is richest in conifers, but every region has its own endemic genera and species. The most ...