conifer

Example Sentences

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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

"Instead of the evergreen conifer forest coming back right away, in some regions, we see a long-term replacement of these forests with faster-growing species."

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 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

Too far north for the larger trees, hemmen or serem or black vate, the forest was all of one kind of tree, a gnarled scrubby conifer ten or twelve feet high, gray-needled, called thore.

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