conifer

Example Sentences

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"The problem is we are losing conifer forest," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

It has more than 550 miles of hiking trails, including several treks where you can find yourself in solitude in dense conifer forests with sweeping mountain views.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Angiosperms, or flowering plants, grew back faster and denser than the previously ubiquitous conifer relatives had been.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

A nonnative tree-killing insect is invading northern Utah, attacking subalpine fir and potentially triggering yet another die-off of the region's long-stressed conifer forests.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Over every roof and path hung the boughs of the hemmens, the commonest tree of Winter, a stout conifer with thick pale-scarlet needles.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin