Identifying the conifer trees most common to North America requires a close investigation of their needles, leaves, fruit, and flowers.

Conifers don’t complete an annual shed like deciduous trees, but a portion of their oldest needles do drop each year. How long each needle holds on is particular to the species, ranging from two ...

If the plants in your Ohio yard are struggling or browning, check them over for this destructive pest, since infestations in ...

Come along as we look through real examples of shape, scales, leaf and branches of various local trees. The featured species include Eastern red cedarwood, Northern white cedar, and more. If you have ...

Evergreen conifers may also have foliage borne off the twig in the form of scaly leaves. These are cedars and junipers . Cedar leaves grow on flattened sprays or all around the twig.

Forget that, in the conscious realm, I know that taking a shovel to a 25-foot conifer that has been in the ground some 35 years is an ill-conceived endeavor, certain to fail. Heavy equipment would ...

These small conifer trees for birds provide food and refuge in all seasons. ... Bright green needlelike leaves with glimmers ...

Conifer leaves usually have a thick waxy coating that also helps reduce water loss. The pores through which a leaf exchanges gases and water “are sunken deep inside the underside of the needles where ...

It includes leaf hoppers, aphids and cicadas. It’s any bug that has four wings and a piercing mouthpart rather than a chewing mouthpart. ... Western conifer seed bugs ...

Leaves are studded with little valves called stomata, through which trees shuttle carbon dioxide and oxygen and allow water to exit; just like sweating, this water loss cools the tree.

This partly explains why most conifers leaves (needles) do not change colour. However, deciduous species generally have thinner leaves that are susceptible to cold temperatures.

In various species of juniper, notably in the Chinese juniper, two forms of leaf representing the juvenile and the adult condition occur together on the same branch. Nature - Dimorphic Leaves of ...