conifer

Example Sentences

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A slow-growing conifer with upright stems and a compact growing habit, ‘Standishii’ provides a lasting garden focal point or anchors a container composition without outgrowing its placement.

From Seattle Times

The conifers and reptiles, she says, are references to the characteristic illustrations on the fan Okina holds when he dances.

From New York Times

You’ll find beautiful examples of climbing hydrangeas on towering conifers in gardens around our region.

From Seattle Times

But since the time of European settlement, about 72% of the original old-growth conifer forest in the Pacific Northwest has been lost, largely through logging and other developments.

From Seattle Times

As the hemlock slowly disappears, the region loses its most common native conifer, a unique habitat niche, and a source of long-term carbon sequestration.

From Salon