Most trees in a coniferous forest are called either evergreens or conifers.
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
coniferous forest
The terms Coniferous and Deciduous refer to two different types of trees. Deciduous trees have broad leaves, which they shed every year. For example, Oak, Birch and Maple. Conifers have much smaller, needle or scale like foliage. For example, Pine, Cedar and Spruce. Sometimes forests are classified according to the type of tree they contain the most of. For example if you were to go out into a forest that contained mostly oak trees, with the odd poplar you'd be correct in assuming you were in a deciduous forest.
Coniferous forests consist mainly of conifers, which are cone bearing trees such as pines, junipers, firs, redwoods, cypresses, spruces, and larches. Most animals that live in coniferous forests survive the harsh winters by migrating or hibernating. They get an average of 14-30 inches of rain fall yearly and have an average winter temperature of 14 degrees Fahrenheit and a summer temperature of 53 degrees.
Coniferous trees, like pine, spruce, and fir, dominate the coniferous forest biome. These trees have adapted to the cold and harsh conditions of the biome by retaining their needle-like leaves year-round and producing cones to reproduce. Understory plants in these forests tend to be shade-tolerant and include species like ferns and mosses.
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.
Coniferous forest
Coniferous forest
Coniferous forest
The Coniferous Forest cover the most part of Canada, part of the northwestern part of the USA, tundra, Asia, and Europe.
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