The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous ...

Deciduous plants drop all of their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state some time during the year. Losing their foliage helps the plants get through stressful seasons, whether ...

In similar fashion of these deciduous trees, the leaves are not just dropped. They go out with bright yellow-golds emanating from the numerous swamp and bogs that we have in the region.

Evergreen trees and shrubs often (but not always) have needles and produce cones. These needled cone-bearing trees are called conifers. Example of conifer trees include pine, fir, spruce and cedar.

One such deciduous conifer is Taxodium distichum, the bald cypress. Bald cypress is a southeastern native species, commonly found growing in swamps, marshes, along streambanks and in riverbeds.

Evergreen conifers drop their needles just like deciduous trees, but over a long period of time. "The difference is that with deciduous trees they do it all at once in a shorter time span," he said.

Most conifers are evergreen trees, but a few are deciduous. Pines have needles that are bundled together at their base by a papery sheath called a fascicle. Needles are typically in bundles of 2, 3, ...

The deciduous trees are the key players in these layers of history. As winter approaches, the deciduous trees, like my grandfather, drop their leaves to conserve energy as the weather gets colder ...

Snipes has been practicing the art of bonsai for many years and has a collection of more than 100 deciduous and conifer trees. Some he has been working on for decades and others are just beginning ...

Wildfires could permanently alter Alaska's forest composition Berkeley Lab study finds evergreen conifer trees will decline and deciduous broadleaf trees dominate in a warmer climate with more ...

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