AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -evergreen, any plant that retains its leaves through the year and into the following growing season. Many tropical species of broad-leaved flowering plants are evergreen, but in cold-temperate and Arctic areas the evergreens commonly are cone-bearing shrubs or trees (conifers), such as pines and firs.

Detailed explanation-2: -noun. co·ni·fer ˈkä-nə-fər. also ˈkō-: any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most trees and shrubs fall into one of two categories: deciduous or coniferous. The deciduous trees have leaves that fall off yearly. Coniferous trees bear cones and have needles or scales that do not fall off.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some coniferous tree examples include cedars, cypresses, firs, junipers, larches, pines, redwoods, and yews. The tallest, heaviest, and oldest living thing on earth are all conifers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Conifers have leaves known as: “needles” or “scales”.