conifer forests
Needle-tree woodlands
Conifer forests are woodlands dominated by cone-bearing trees—pines, spruces, firs, cedars, and their relatives.
These forests typically feature evergreen trees with needle-like leaves adapted to cold climates or poor soils.
They form vast belts across northern latitudes (the boreal or taiga zone) and cover mountain slopes worldwide: The conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest produce most of the region's timber.
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- alpine meadowsHigh-elevation mountain grasslands
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- hemlockPoisonous umbellifer or conifer
spruce · timber harvesting · logging roads · larch · carbon sequestration · seed dispersal · hiking trails · wildlife habitat · understory · fir · Douglas fir · yew · acid soil · Pacific Northwest · temperate rainforest · national parks · cedar · paper production
conifer forestsdeciduous forests
Woods with seasonal leaf loss
hardwood forests · oak forests · beech forests · maple forests
conifer foreststropical rainforests
Warm, wet forest ecosystems
tropical forests · jungle · cloud forests · mangrove forests · rainforests