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Conifers

            
             Trees cover a large range of species. They are generally sub-divided into two different categories, evergreen and deciduous. Trees that follow a seasonal cycle and loose their leaves during winter are called deciduous. On the other hand trees that keep their leaves all year and stay green are called evergreen Conifers come under this category.
             It is easy to distinguish conifers as they have unusual needle like leaves instead of having broad flat ones like deciduous plants. They have a peculiar scent which will be familiar to you because of the smell of certain air fresheners and fragrances. They produce a sticky amber substance, which is highly scented -resin. Their seeds unusually are encased in woody cones.
             Because of the conifers tough leaves they are able to grow in colder parts of the world. Conifers dominate most forests in the far north they are some of the only trees that can bare the freezing temperatures of the northern latitudes.
             Because generally they are fast growing plants they are valuable lumber and are exported all over the world.
             The tallest conifers are the Giant Redwoods of North America. These awesome trees can grow up to 300 metres that is 3 times the height of the Science Centre Tower in Glasgow. Conifers are among some of the longest living and biggest plants around and live up to 3000 years.
             There has been pine in Scotland for 8500 years the native species is the Scots pine, which at one time covered 70% of our country and is now considered an endangered species of plant.
             So a conifer is a needle leaved, cone bearing, fast growing tree which can grow to an immense size.
            


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1. Biomes Of The World

... species appear. The forests are multilayered, with 1-2 tree layers, a shrub layer, and an herb layer. Usually there is a pulse of growth and flowering of the herbaceous species during spring. Conifers, particularly pines, occur in many special edaphic situations, for example where fires are frequent or on poor soils. Some trees characteristically produce large numbers of seeds ("mast") in certain years ... is considerably lower than in temperate deciduous forests; some northern coniferous forests may feature only 1-3 dominant tree species, even where the most highly developed and product...

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2. France's Geography

... , the need to adapt to dry summers means that evergreens tend to dominate. The Holm oak thrives on chalky soil and the cork oak on siliceous soil. The most prevalent conifers are the maritime pine, Aleppo pine and Corsican pine. In mountain forests, broad-leaved trees grow in the valleys and on the lower slopes. Higher up, they give way to ... conifers, which are more resistant to the cold winter temperatures. These conifers are mainly spruce and fir trees in areas with high precipitation such as the Vosges, the Jura and the northern Alps. But in dry areas ... ...

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3. Taxonomy

... in order to live on land. This species is a chara that has taken root on land. Finally after the bryophytes the development of ferns and conifers becomes evident. The ferns reproduce using spores and eventually conifers use cones. The final culmination of the evolutionary chain is the flowering plant that possesses every attribute listed in the taxonomic tree with the exception of ... ...

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4. BIO

... on until we reach the flowering plants. However the plants we see today are all descendants of fossil plants. If we wanted to see which plants were the ancestors of conifers and flowering plants we would have to go back in time to see the plants which were the common ancestors of both groups. The evolutionary origins of plants can go ... plants. Changing to a land environment speeds up the success of angiosperms as terrestrial organisms. Xylem became more specialized for water transport during angiosperm evolution. The cells that conduct water in conifers are tracheids, believed to be a...

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5. A Kiwi Christmas in New Zealand

... smoke from the barbecue and the pretty sight of Christmas trees, who could be happier? Of course, the Christmas trees that we're talking about aren't the great big evergreen conifers that mark Christmas time around the rest of the world, it's the pohutakawa trees. These trees are festive with the green and red colours of Christmas, no decorations needed. Large ... ...

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6. The Scientific Method

... seeds and need for water prevents ferns and other seedless vascular plants from surviving in certain harsh (dry) environments. Gymnosperms are non-flowering, seed-bearing plants. Pine trees and other conifers are Gymnosperms. They are able to survive in harsh environments, in part because their sperm are in pollen grains. Pollen is very durable and can get to eggs by riding ... ...

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7. Earthquake God Lizard

... up to 4 feet long and has air cells which made the neck lighter and easier to lift (Possible Largest Dinosaur Found in Oklahoma). Most dinosaurs of the Sauropod family ate conifers, which was the most widely eaten plant during that time. They also ate other plants such as ferns, club mosses, horsetails, and cycads. Although dinosaurs of this family had different ... ...

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8. Scotland

... September. These are also the months that the northwest of Scotland is relatively midge free" (Scotland.com, 2000). "The most common species of trees indigenous to Scotland are oak and conifers chiefly fir, pine, and larch" (Encarta, 1999). There are not many woodland areas in Scotland; the only important forests are in the southern and eastern Highlands. "Practically all of the ... ...

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9. Thailand and Japan

... , and the tea plant and wax tree are cultivated. On central and northern Honshu the trees are those of the Temperate Zone, such as the beech, willow, chestnut, and many conifers. Lacquer and mulberry trees are cultivated extensively, and the cypress, yew, box, holly and myrtle are plentiful. On Hokkaido the vegetation is sub-arctic and similar to that of southern ... ...

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