conifer
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"The problem is we are losing conifer forest," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Angiosperms, or flowering plants, grew back faster and denser than the previously ubiquitous conifer relatives had been.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
The corridor offers sightseeing, sports and history amid conifer forests, alpine passes and more — but you’ll have to slow down a bit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
The ice core was collected from southern Greenland and held pollen primarily from conifer forests on the North Atlantic coast, with smaller amounts from northern tundra vegetation and European forests.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The forest sees 15 million visitors each year, making it vulnerable to fires -- quite apart from its sandy soil and vegetation consisting of ferns and highly flammable conifers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s surrounded by a six-acre preservation full of towering conifers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"We haven't put the conifers back and the nation needs timber."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
This is very easy to picture on a hot day in California fire country, where conifers rustle against the eaves and the ground is dusty-dry.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025
An unknown but very large acreage of timber-producing lands is now aerially sprayed in order to “weed out” the hardwoods from the more spray- resistant conifers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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