coniferous forests
Needle-leafed timber lands
Coniferous forests are woodlands dominated by cone-bearing trees—pines, spruces, firs, and their relatives.
These forests stretch across northern latitudes in a band called the boreal or taiga, though they also cover mountain slopes at lower latitudes.
The trees are mostly evergreen, with needle-shaped leaves adapted to cold winters and short growing seasons: The trail wound through dense coniferous forest.
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- pine needlesThin evergreen leaves
- snowshoe hareColor-changing northern lagomorph
cedar · fir · temperate climate · pine marten · hemlock · larch · carbon sequestration · needle drop · cold tolerance · acidic soil · dense canopy · tree line · elk · Siberia · juniper · evergreen trees · old growth · moose
- habitatsocean, lake, river, pond, desert
- Baltic natureBaltic Sea, boreal forests, bogs, pine forests, birch forests
- Pacific Northwest forestsold growth, Douglas fir, western hemlock, hemlock, wilderness areas
- Pirin Regionglacial lakes, mountain lakes, alpine terrain, wine region, mountain villages
- Pohorjemountain peaks, spruce trees, alpine meadows, peat bogs, ski resorts
- Asian floracherry blossoms, bamboo, lotus flowers, sakura, plum blossoms
coniferous forestsdeciduous forests
Woods with seasonal leaf loss
hardwood forests · oak forests · beech forests · maple forests
coniferous forestsdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
prairies · steppes · savannas · grasslands · tundra
coniferous foreststropical rainforests
Warm, wet forest ecosystems
tropical forests · jungle · mangrove forests · cloud forests