Conifers are a widely diverse classification of trees and shrubs. The one thing that all conifers have in common is that they produce seed-bearing cones. Conifers typically have modified needle-like leaves, although these vary widely in length and form.
Conifer, any member of the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Pinales, made up of living and fossil gymnospermous plants that usually have needle-shaped evergreen leaves and seeds attached to the scales of a woody bracted cone.
Most types of conifers are evergreen trees, although some conifers are deciduous and lose their leaves in fall. Collectively, coniferous trees belong to the plant class Coniferophyta or Pinophyta. These trees are gymnosperms, meaning they have cone-bearing seeds.
The meaning of CONIFER is 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.
Conifers (/ ˈkɒnɪfər /) are a group of vascular plants and a subset of gymnosperms. They are primarily perennial, woody trees and shrubs, mostly evergreen with a regular branching pattern, reproducing with male and female cones, usually on the same tree. They are wind-pollinated and the seeds are usually dispersed by the wind.
There are over 600 conifer species in the world, with conifer forests being predominant in many boreal and temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere. Though conifers are most often associated with cold, snowy climates, they can also be found growing in warmer areas.
Conifers are cone-bearing trees and shrubs that produce seeds on the surface of their cones rather than inside fruit. They belong to a group called gymnosperms, a Greek term meaning “naked seed,” which distinguishes them from flowering plants.