Warmer and drier parts of the Temperate Seasonal Forest biome are dominated by needle leaved species. Conifers and pines have needle leaves that limit transpirative water loss because of reduced surface area of the leaves.
Could be a drachophyllum forest. But more likely a coniferous forest, though all conifers are not needle leaved. e.g. kauri. And not all needle leaved trees are conifer's.
Temperate Rainforest
Temperate rain forest, I believe(:
temperate rain forest
A pine forest.
Pine trees.
These are called deciduous trees. Trees that keep their leaves in winter are called coniferous. Most coniferous trees have needle leaves and cones. Deciduous leaves vary in shape and size but most trees that don't have a needle shaped leaf are deciduous trees.
coniferous forest
The trees that have needles instead of flat leaves, have them because Needles reduce evaporation so trees can save water. especially during the winter. The narrow leaves have a thicker skin, a thicker coating of waterproof wax and a needle-like shape reducing the leaf area and the amount of water vapor escaping the leaf.
temporate zone
The needle-like leaves and scale-like leaves help the coniferous trees by conserving water loss with the wax coating. The also give the tree more surface area for photosynthesis.
because the geographical regions where the pine trees are growing would not allow them to have broad leaves and they have to conserve water also. In addition needle like leaves of the pine trees increase the photosynthetic surface area of these plants.
A conifer has needle shaped leaves. The cones are the seed bearers.
Pine trees have needle shaped leaves but Holly leaves are naturally coated with wax.
the purpose of the needle shaped leaves are to help the ecosystem in various ways. one to keep the air clean! (the more trees the better) second, the needle of the leaf help protects its self and third the needle shaped leaves are in our ecosystem because of natures abilities.
no. Coniferous trees have needle-shaped leaves that stay on in the winter and they produce brown cones that hold its seeds. Oak leaves fall off in the fall, are not shaped like needle and the tree does not produce brown cones.
Pine trees will always have needle shaped leaves, they stay like this forever. The "needle shaped leaves" are called pine needles. Most pine trees belong to a group of trees called Evergreens. Like it's name, the tree is evergreen.
These are evergreen forests, though most evergreens have needle shaped leaves, not all do.Many evergreen trees areconiferous(cone-if-er-us), which are trees that grow cones.They are normally called coniferous forests.
The leaves of pine trees are needle-like.
Such a tree would normally be called a broadleaf, and would be a hardwood. Oak and sycamore would be examples. The broadness of a leaf is not a perfect descriptor however; for example, many palms have leaves of 40mm or so wide. Nevertheless, they are not even considered true trees!
These are called deciduous trees. Trees that keep their leaves in winter are called coniferous. Most coniferous trees have needle leaves and cones. Deciduous leaves vary in shape and size but most trees that don't have a needle shaped leaf are deciduous trees.
Trees bearing seed-bearing cones are called conifers.
coniferous forest