Plants that predate true flowering plants in evolution; conifers lack true flowers and produce seperate male and female strobili or cones Some conifers, such as yews, have fruits enclosed in a fleshy aril
A group of evergreen shrubs and trees bearing true cones, such as pines, firs, etc
are cone-bearing trees with needles that remain green all year round Conifers are also called evergreens More than 30 conifer species including pine, spruce, hemlock, fir, larch, Douglas fir, cedar, and juniper grow in Canada The most common prairie conifers are pine, spruce, and cedar
Trees that usually but not always have needle leaves or scale leaves and that bear separate male and female cones They are usually, but not always, evergreen Some, for example, larch, are deciduous Conifers belong to the class Gymnospermae
plants that produce their seeds in cones and usually have needle shaped leaves Bangs Field Trip| Mesa Field Trip
Conifers are cone bearing trees Common conifers are Pine, Spruce and Cypress, (e g Leyland Cypress often used in hedges) and Cedars The Yew tree is also classed within the conifer family despite producing berries rather than cones Coniferous trees are distinctive in having needles as opposed to leaves and being evergreen rather than deciduous, although there are exceptions to this, such as Larch, which is deciduous - see Tree Taxonomy
Trees belonging to the order Gymnospermae, comprising a wide range of trees that are mostly evergreens Conifers bear cones and have needle-shaped or scalelike leaves In the wood products industry the term "softwoods" refers to the conifers