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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.

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Forests dominated by trees with needlelike leaves?

These are typically coniferous forests, characterized by trees such as pine, spruce, and fir that have needle-like leaves. Coniferous forests are found in colder regions and are adapted to thrive in conditions with nutrient-poor soils and long winters. They play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.


Which plant division has plants with needlelike or scaly leaves?

Plants with needlelike or scaly leaves belong to the division Coniferophyta, commonly known as conifers. Conifers include trees such as pine, spruce, and fir, and are characterized by their needle-like or scale-like leaves, as well as the production of cones for reproduction.


Trees that lose there leaves seasonally are called?

Trees that shed their leaves are called deciduous trees.


What are the different types of trees, and can you provide pictures of their leaves?

There are several types of trees, including deciduous trees, coniferous trees, and palm trees. Deciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall, while coniferous trees have needle-like or scale-like leaves that stay on year-round. Palm trees have large, fan-shaped leaves. Unfortunately, I am unable to provide pictures of their leaves.


Conifers are trees that have leaves?

Conifers or softwoods are classed as gymnosperms or plants with naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary. These seed "fruits" are considered more primitive than hardwoods. Conifers can lose their needles annually but most are evergreen. These trees have needlelike or scalelike foliage and usually renew many leaves annually (but not all every year). The foliage is usually narrow and sharp-pointed or small and scale-like.

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If a tree has needlelike leaves what kind of plant would you hypothesize it is?

the tree would be a pine tree because pine trees have needlelike leaves


What type of forest has tall trees with needlelike leaves?

Temperate


Where is the blister beetles habitat?

Bark beetles live inside the bark, (like their name implies) of the conifer forests (forests with trees that have evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves) of North America. They also are a problem in Mexico and other places that are warm, wet, and have evergreen needlelike leaves, especially with coffee trees also.


What forest is dominated with trees with needlelike leaves?

temperate rain forest


What lives in a coniferious forest?

Pine trees


Forests dominated by trees with needlelike leaves?

These are typically coniferous forests, characterized by trees such as pine, spruce, and fir that have needle-like leaves. Coniferous forests are found in colder regions and are adapted to thrive in conditions with nutrient-poor soils and long winters. They play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.


What is non-coniferous wood?

Non-coniferious wood is wood from trees that are not gymnospermous trees that bear cones, such as pines and firs.


Which plant division has plants with needlelike or scaly leaves?

Plants with needlelike or scaly leaves belong to the division Coniferophyta, commonly known as conifers. Conifers include trees such as pine, spruce, and fir, and are characterized by their needle-like or scale-like leaves, as well as the production of cones for reproduction.


Is arborvitae a tree?

Any of several North American or eastern Asian evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scalelike leaves and small cones. They are grown as ornamentals and for timber.See link below.


Are oak trees leaves compound?

Oak trees have simples leaves


Trees that lose there leaves seasonally are called?

Trees that shed their leaves are called deciduous trees.


What are the different types of trees, and can you provide pictures of their leaves?

There are several types of trees, including deciduous trees, coniferous trees, and palm trees. Deciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall, while coniferous trees have needle-like or scale-like leaves that stay on year-round. Palm trees have large, fan-shaped leaves. Unfortunately, I am unable to provide pictures of their leaves.