conifer
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"The problem is we are losing conifer forest," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
A footbridge carries you above a developing conifer thicket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
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
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
Its species name, cedrus, refers to cedar trees, evergreen conifers similar to those that existed in Late Triassic forests.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
"We haven't put the conifers back and the nation needs timber."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
The leaves were falling, rolling in dusky clouds, and the conifers on the slopes were crusted with snow.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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