Can be found in the United States and Canada near small rivers, in coniferous forests, on mountain slopes, etc. - evergreen coniferous, with long branches that are pressed to the surface. The shoots are painted blue-green, with the onset of the first frost they acquire a brown tint.

The leaves on the reproductive shoots are needle-shaped, prickly, receding from the branches by no more than 6-7 mm. Juniper also has scale-shaped leaves that are oval in shape with a slight pointed end.

These leaves are small and tightly pressed against the branches. There is a constant formation of cones, which have a blue-green tint. Each cone contains 4 seeds.

Introduced into ornamental garden culture in the middle of the 19th century. Today it is often found in botanical gardens and arboretums. In amateur gardens with a decorative purpose, it began to appear quite recently, so the horizontal juniper has just begun to gain its popularity.
it is very beautiful in early spring, because it is then that its needles acquire a steel shade, which is the main quality of coniferous plants. It will look beautiful on slopes, rocks, near small ponds, etc.

Mountain pine Mugus is widespread in the mountainous regions of the Alps and the Balkans. In its natural habitat, this plant can reach a height of 2-3 m, but the width of its crown exceeds its height and is 3-4 m.

It is because of this form that this coniferous plant is not referred to, but to. Pine Mugus has short shoots that stretch upwards.

Cypress trees are undemanding to the composition of the soil, so they are often found on the sides of roads and alleys in long and orderly rows. Their branches are dense and practically do not bend under the snow or in strong winds.

Cypress wood is used in shipbuilding, and its oils have found their application in pharmacology and medicine.

This coniferous plant will be excellent among plantings. Due to the fact that it has a lush and slender crown, it is often planted in groups on alleys, terraces, etc.

Fir can form an elegant and attractive crown, which will become a unique decoration of any yard, park or garden.

In its natural habitat, balsamic is found on the rocky shores of small rivers and lakes. Due to the genetic predisposition, the plant can be planted near small artificial reservoirs, in which case the harmony will be at the highest level.

But there are other varieties that differ in different colors of needles (from gray to silver), crown shape (pin-shaped, pyramidal, cone-shaped), growth rate.

Did you know?Fir balm, which is isolated from balsamic bark, is able to cleanse and rejuvenate the body. Such a balm has been known since ancient times, it was actively used by the inhabitants of Kievan Rus.

The needles have a comb arrangement on the branches. It is slightly blunt, has a greenish tint, and small white stripes are observed in the lower part. The length of the needles varies from 20 to 25 mm.

Balsam fir cones are cylindrical in shape, tapering at the base. Their length reaches 10 cm, width - 25 mm. The color of the bumps varies from dark purple to olive brown.

A coniferous plant, with proper care, brings decorative value for 40-50 years. Balsam fir lives in its natural habitat for about 200 years.

Another representative of evergreen conifers, which is distinguished by exceptional longevity. In its natural habitat (North America, East Asia and Europe), a shrub can grow for 3000 years!
There are many varieties, some of which have beautiful and lush decorative forms, the latter are large in size, of no interest to landscape designers.

In the decorative arts, yews are often used in the form of shrubs or dwarfs, which do not grow more than 3 meters in height.

Symbolizes the strength of the spirit, it is also a symbol of overcoming death. Guides in the Yalta Botanical Garden often recall that the yew guarded the entrance to the kingdom of Hades for many millennia, while it looked magnificent and slender, like an ardent Cerberus with a mountain of muscles.

Looks great in a single landing, and in an intricate composition. It will become a bright decoration and the main character of any garden, rock garden, park. Decorative needles will be the perfect backdrop for elegant rock gardens and unusual alpine slides.

This ornamental coniferous shrub has a dense crown and whorled branches. Its needles have moderate rigidity, arranged alternately on short petioles.

The fruit of the yew is a cone berry that has a cherry-red pericarp. Ornamental shrubs are demanding on the composition of the soil, but these are the only conifers that can easily grow in shady places.

Canadian spruce

A decorative type of coniferous plant, which, due to its low size, is more like a shrub. In the literature, there are often other names that accurately reflect the bright color of the needles: spruce glauca conic, spruce gray conic, spruce white conic.

It is a miniature hybrid of gray spruce, so it is often used to decorate rock gardens, rocky gardens, terraces, alleys. The plant was first discovered in the Canadian mountains in the early twentieth century.

Since that time, the miniature tree began to rapidly fill the estates, yards, parks and gardens around the world. Due to its compact size, the plant is used in art. Moreover, Canadian spruce is planted in pots and placed on and even window sills.

Canadian spruce grows slowly and, with proper care and regular pruning, reaches a height of 1-1.5 m. Its crown is dense and very beautiful, the diameter varies from 1.5 to 2 m.

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Most conifers are tall trees, such as spruce, pine, thuja or fir. Among conifers and evergreens, there are many plants growing in the form of shrubs: boxwood, many types of junipers, holly mahonia. However, this is not all existing species of conifers and evergreens. The variety of conifers is also represented by ground cover and creeping species. These are various junipers (for example, lamellar).

Conifers and evergreens in the garden.

Spruces, arborvitae, firs, and in warmer regions cypresses are used by gardeners as an ideal backdrop for garden and park plants. A chic evergreen hedge will not only outline the boundaries of your garden, cover it from prying eyes, but also hide landscape imperfections. If spruces are chosen as plants for hedges, then after 3-4 years of regular shearing, you can get a dense green barrier that neither man nor animals can overcome. With the help of several thujas or firs, the space of the garden can be zoned and its perception can be changed by planting plants taking into account the different shades of the color of the needles.

Without the use of additional materials, you can organize a quiet nest for reflection, a Japanese-style garden, or maybe a regular English park. And all this will not lose its decorative effect all year round! To make your garden look new every season, you only need to plant beautifully flowering perennials, annuals and bulbous flowers to coniferous and evergreen shrubs. The combination of coniferous plants and roses is considered the most spectacular and noble, by the way, roses also belong to evergreens and have similar soil and care requirements as conifers.

Hedges made of evergreen boxwood look unusual. The brilliant bright green foliage of this shrub gives a formal look to the compositions, and the undoubted advantage is the ability to give boxwood bushes an evergreen haircut. Topiary art - giving plants different shapes with the help of a haircut. Another facet of the use of coniferous evergreen trees and shrubs in the art of creating the perfect garden.

A variety of forms is far from all the advantages of conifers. Coniferous plants do not require special care and are rarely damaged by pests and diseases. The needles release special phytoncides into the atmosphere, which are known for their qualities: to heal and purify the air, to positively affect the human respiratory system. Healing air energizes us. Coniferous plants are decorative in summer, but they are especially beautiful in winter, when they create a pleasant contrast with deciduous plant forms. Therefore, coniferous plants for the garden are an indispensable choice.

Due to their impressive size and the amazing color of the needles, compositions using coniferous plants will decorate any area. Experiment, plant conifers - dwarf, slow-growing forms of spruces, pines, thujas and junipers in rocky gardens and on alpine hills. Rocky garden plants covered with juniper paws can grow comfortably even in the sun.

How to care for coniferous trees and shrubs?

Watering. Mostly young trees need watering. They are abundantly watered at least once a week at the rate of 15-20 liters of water per plant. Coniferous trees need to be watered abundantly in autumn - evergreen crops often dry up in winter not from cold weather, but from lack of moisture. Drought-resistant species (for example, pines) do not need additional watering, and trees such as thuja suffer from a lack of moisture.

Sprinkling. All coniferous plants need sprinkling, especially in spring and summer. In dry weather, it is good to carry out sprinkling in the morning or evening. During the first year after planting conifers, it is carried out every other day. Thanks to sprinkling, the needles are cleared of dirt and dust.

Mulching - prevents the soil from drying out, limits the growth of weeds and maintains the required soil temperature in the root zone. Softwood bark, peat and fallen leaves are used as mulching material.

How to choose the right place in the garden for a coniferous plant.

Many conifers prefer areas protected from bright sun and cold winds, sufficiently moist soils and good drainage. Plant your coniferous plant in such a place, and it will fully reveal its decorative qualities. Most conifers overwinter better when placed in groups.

As tapeworms, coniferous plants that normally tolerate wintering in the open air are better suited. It can be pine, spruce, larch. Plant these conifers along with other ornamental evergreens and deciduous plants, and you'll create a warmer, more sheltered microclimate.

Among the plants that adorn our gardens, conifers occupy a special place. They give the garden a noble look and decorate it all year round. They are loved because they are very decorative and set the tone in many compositions. But, conifers are especially popular in winter - on the eve of the New Year. They look spectacular in New Year's decoration in our apartments, under snow caps in large parks and squares, and in very small areas.

As regards the planted coniferous plants, then we can say that the sympathies of gardeners are almost evenly distributed among various types of spruces, pines, thujas, junipers and larches. All of them can be called centenarians, many of them live even more than one hundred years.

Almost all coniferous plants are evergreen. Only some of them, for example, larch, sheds needles for the winter. All the rest update their needles gradually. Once every few years, old needles fall off, and new young green needles appear in their place.

The variety of coniferous plants allows gardeners to choose the most suitable tree or shrub for their garden.

The following advantages of conifers make them very popular in landscape gardening:

• They tolerate the lack of light and moisture well.
• Many varieties naturally have the correct shape, and therefore do not need a haircut.
• Due to the medicinal coniferous aroma, they are widely used in folk and official medicine.
• Due to the variety of types and forms, they are actively used in landscape compositions in areas of any size.

If you decide to plant a coniferous plant on your site, you need to approach the choice very carefully.

Key questions to ask yourself:

• What do you want to plant - a tree or a shrub
• Is the composition ready for the conifer
• Have you taken into account your climatic conditions and soil composition on the site

coniferous plants go well, in particular with cereals, with roses, etc. If the answers are ready, you can start selecting the variety, type and shape of the coniferous plant.

Types of coniferous plants

Spruce

Evergreen monoecious and wind-pollinated plant. Its Latin name (Lat. Picea) spruce is due to the high content of resin in the wood. Widespread use in industry is due to the softness of wood and the absence of a core.

Spruce- perhaps the most beloved and common coniferous tree in our country. These beautiful slender trees with a pyramidal crown occupy one of the first places in the coniferous kingdom and have almost 50 plant species in their genus.

The largest number of spruce species grows in Western and Central China and in the northern hemisphere. In Russia, 8 types of spruce are well known.

Spruce is considered a fairly shade-tolerant plant, however, it still prefers good lighting. Her root system is superficial, i.e. close to the ground. Therefore, the earth at the roots is not dug up. Spruce is demanding on soil fertility, loves light loamy and sandy loamy soils.

Types of fir trees successfully used in landscaping the site:

Sometimes reaches 40 meters. Fast growing tree. Due to the special color of the needles - the top is a brilliant dark green, and the bottom - with noticeable white stripes - it gives the impression that the tree is bluish-green. Brown-purple buds give the plant a special charm and elegance.

Serbian spruce looks great, both in a single and in a group planting. An excellent example is the magnificent alleys in the parks.

There are dwarf varieties with a height of no more than 2 meters.

(Picea obovata). On the territory of our country, it grows in Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East and the Urals.

A coniferous tree up to 30 m high. The crown is dense, wide-conical, with a pointed top. The bark is fissured, gray. Cones ovoid-cylindrical, brown. It has several subtypes that differ in the color of the needles - from pure green to silver and even golden.

European spruce, or common (Picea abies). The maximum height of a coniferous tree is 50 m. It can live up to 300 years. This is a slender tree with a dense pyramidal crown. Norway spruce is considered the most common tree in Europe. The trunk width of an old tree can reach 1 m. Mature cones of an ordinary spruce are an oblong-cylindrical shape. They ripen in autumn in October, and their seeds begin to fall from January to April. European spruce is considered the fastest growing. So, in a year it can grow by 50 cm.

Thanks to breeding work, several very decorative varieties of this species have been bred to date. Among them there are weeping, compact, pin-shaped spruces. All of them are very popular in landscape gardening and are widely used in park compositions and as hedges.

Spruce, like any other coniferous plant, becomes especially beautiful with the advent of winter. Any shade of needles effectively emphasizes the snow cover, and the garden looks elegant and noble.

In addition to the above types of spruce, prickly, oriental, black, Canadian, Ayan spruce are popular with gardeners.

The genus of pine consists of more than 100 names. These conifers are distributed throughout almost the entire Northern Hemisphere. Also, pine grows well in the composition of forests in Asia and North America. Artificially planted pine plantations feel good in the southern hemisphere of our planet. It is much more difficult for this coniferous tree to take root in the conditions of the city.

It tolerates frost and drought well. But the pine does not really like the lack of light. This coniferous plant gives a good annual growth. The dense crown of pine is very decorative, and therefore pine is successfully used in landscaping parks and gardens, both in single planting and in group planting. This conifer prefers sandy, calcareous and rocky soils. Although there are several types of pine that prefer fertile soils, these are Weymouth, Wallich, cedar and resinous pine.

Some properties of pine are simply amazing. For example, the peculiarity of its bark delights, when the bark below is much thicker than the one above. This makes us once again think about the wisdom of nature. After all, it is this property that protects the tree from summer overheating and a possible ground fire.

Another feature is how the tree prepares in advance for the winter period. After all, the evaporation of moisture in frost can destroy the plant. Therefore, as soon as the cold approaches, the pine needles are covered with a thin layer of wax, and the stomata close. Those. pine stops breathing!

Scotch pine. It is rightfully considered a symbol of the Russian forest. In height, the tree reaches 35-40 meters, and therefore it is deservedly called a tree of the first magnitude. The circumference of the trunk sometimes reaches 1 meter. Pine needles are dense, bluish-green. The shape is different - sticking out, curved, and even collected in bunches of 2 needles.

The life expectancy of needles is 3 years. With the onset of autumn, the needles turn yellow and fall off.

Pine cones, as a rule, are located 1-3 pieces on legs. Ripe cones are brown or brown in color and reach a length of 6 cm.

Under adverse conditions, Scotch pine may stop growing and remain a "dwarf". Surprisingly, different instances can have a different root system. For example, in arid soils, a pine tree may develop a taproot that extracts water deep underground. And in conditions of high occurrence of groundwater, lateral roots develop.

The life expectancy of Scots pine can reach 200 years. There are cases in history when a pine lived for 400 years.

Scotch pine is considered fast growing. For a year, its growth can be 50-70 cm. This coniferous tree begins to bear fruit from the age of 15. In the conditions of the forest and dense planting - only after 40 years.

The Latin name is Pinus mugo. This is a multi-stemmed coniferous tree, reaching a height of 10-20 meters. Dwarf varieties - 40-50 cm. Trunks - semi-lodging and ascending. In adulthood, it can reach a diameter of 3 m. A very decorative coniferous plant.

The needles are dark, long, often curved. The bark is brownish-gray, scaly. Cones ripen in the 3rd year.

To date, more than 100 varieties of mountain pine have been registered. And this number is increasing every year. In landscape gardening, dwarf varieties are especially used, which form beautiful compositions along the banks of reservoirs and in rocky gardens.

Magnificent view with a narrow pyramidal crown. Homeland - North America. In our country, it grows well in the southern and middle lane. Grows up to 10 meters. It does not tolerate urban conditions very well. Especially at a young age, it often freezes slightly. Prefers places protected from the winds. Therefore, yellow pine is best planted in groups.

The needles are dark and long. The bark is thick, reddish-brown, cracking into large plates. Cones ovoid, almost sessile. In total, there are about 10 varieties of yellow pine.

A very showy variety of pine. Homeland - North America. The needles have a blue-green tint. The cones are large and somewhat curved. An adult tree can reach a height of more than 30 meters. It is considered a long-liver, as it can live up to 400 years. As it grows, it changes its crown from narrow-pyramidal to wide-pyramidal. It acquired its name thanks to the English Lord Weymouth, who brought it home from North America in the 18th century.

It does not tolerate salty soils and. It is relatively resistant to frost, but does not like winds. Weymouth pine is characterized by reddish pubescence on young shoots.

A relatively low coniferous plant - up to 20 m high. This is a slow-growing tree. The bark is light gray, lamellar. The needles are bright green, hard, curved. Cones are yellowish, shiny, long. The diameter of the crown can reach 5-6 meters.

Some experts consider it Geldreich's pine. Indeed, the resemblance is great. However, since there are varieties under both names, we will still focus on whitebark pine. To date, about 10 varieties of this species are known. Approximately the same number of Geldreich's pines. Often varieties can be mixed.

This type of pine in the conditions of our country takes root best in the southern regions, as it does not tolerate frost well. Whitebark pine is photophilous, it is undemanding to the nutritional composition of the soil, but it grows better on moderately moist, drained and moderately alkaline soils.

Looks good in a Japanese, rocky and heather garden. Great for both solitary planting and mixed group.

Fir

Tall (up to 60 m) coniferous tree with a conical crown. A bit like a spruce. It can be up to 2 meters in diameter. This is a real long-lived plant. Some specimens live 400-700 years. The trunk of a fir is straight, columnar. The crown is dense. At a young age, the fir crown has a cone-shaped or pyramidal shape. As they grow older, the shape of the crown becomes cylindrical.

The needles, depending on the variety, have different lengths and live 8-10 years. Fir begins to bear fruit from the age of about 30 years. Cones are erect and long (up to 25 cm).

This coniferous plant does not tolerate frost, drought and great heat. The pluses include the fact that this is the most shade-tolerant tree. Sometimes shoots can appear under the mother tree in full shading. With good lighting, firs naturally grow better.

This coniferous plant is a real find in landscape gardening. Fir is used both in a single planting and for decorating alleys. Dwarf forms look great in a rocky garden and on an alpine hill.

Botanical name Abies balsamea "Nana". This coniferous plant is a dwarf cushion tree. Naturally grows in North America.

In care unpretentious. He likes good lighting, but he also tolerates shade well. For balsam fir, not so much frost is terrible as strong gusty winds that can simply damage a small tree. The soil prefers light, moist, fertile, slightly acidic. It reaches a height of 1 m, which makes it a favorite decorative object in landscape gardening. It is equally good for decorating a garden, landscaping terraces, slopes and roofs.

Propagated by seeds and annual cuttings with an apical bud.

The needles are dark green with a special reflection. Exudes a characteristic resinous aroma. Cones are red-brown, elongated, reach a length of 5-10 cm.

It is a very slow growing coniferous plant. For 10 years, it grows no more than 30 cm. It lives up to 300 years.

Fir Nordmann (or Caucasian). An evergreen coniferous tree that came to us from the mountains of the Caucasus and Asia Minor. Sometimes it grows up to 60-80 meters in height. The shape of the crown is a neat cone-shaped. It is for this neat appearance that gardeners love Nordmann fir.

It is she who is dressed up instead of a Christmas tree for the New Year holidays in many European countries. This is largely due to the structure of the branches - the branches are often located and raised up. This is a distinctive feature of the Nordmann fir.

The needles are dark green with some sheen. Young shoots are light green, even yellowish. Needles - from 15 to 40 mm, look very fluffy. If the needles are lightly rubbed between the fingers, you can feel a specific citrus aroma.

The trunk of an adult plant can reach a diameter of two meters. At a young age, the bark of the Caucasian fir is grayish-brown, smooth. As it matures, it cracks into segments and becomes matte.

Nordmann fir is growing quite fast. Under favorable conditions, this coniferous tree can live up to 600-700 years. Moreover, the increase in height and width continues until the very last day of life!

Depending on the type of soil, the root system can be either superficial or deep with a central core. The cones of this fir are large, up to 20 cm, arranged vertically on a short stem.

It has a unique property - the needles on the branches remain even after they have dried, up to mechanical damage.

A coniferous evergreen plant belonging to the Cypress family. It can be both a tree and a shrub. Common juniper (Juniperus communis) grows mainly in the Northern Hemisphere of our planet. However, in Africa you can also find your own juniper - East African. In the Mediterranean and Central Asia, this plant forms juniper forests. Quite common are undersized species that creep along the ground and rocky slopes.

To date, more than fifty species of juniper are known.

As a rule, it is a photophilous and drought-resistant culture. Absolutely undemanding to soils and temperatures. However, like any plant, it has its own preferences - for example, it develops better in light and nutritious soil.

Like all conifers, it belongs to centenarians. Its average life expectancy is about 500 years.

The needles of the juniper are bluish-green in color, triangular, pointed at the ends. The cones are spherical, gray or blue in color. Rod root.

Magical properties were also attributed to this coniferous plant. For example, it was believed that a juniper wreath scares away evil spirits and brings good luck. Perhaps that is why in Europe there was a fashion to hang wreaths on the eve of the new year.

In landscape design, both juniper trees and shrubs are widely used. Group plantings are good for creating hedges. Single plants also do an excellent job with the main role in the composition. Low-growing creeping varieties are often used as ground cover plants. They strengthen slopes well and prevent soil erosion. In addition, juniper lends itself well to a haircut.

Scaly juniper (Juniperus squamata)- creeping shrub. Thick branches with the same dense needles look very decorative.

Evergreen coniferous plant. Has the appearance of trees or shrubs. Depending on the genus and species, it differs in color, quality of needles, crown shape, height and life expectancy. Representatives of some species live up to 150 years. At the same time, there are specimens - true centenarians, who live up to almost 1000 years!

In landscape gardening, thuja is considered one of the basic plants, and like any conifer, it is good both in group planting and as a solo plant. It is used to decorate alleys, hedges and borders.

The most common types of thuja are western, eastern, giant, Korean, Japanese, etc.

Thuja needles are soft needle-shaped. In a young plant, the needles have a light green color. With age, the needles acquire a darker shade. The fruits are oval or oblong cones. Seeds ripen in the first year.

Thuja is famous for its unpretentiousness. She tolerates frost well, and is not capricious in care. Unlike other conifers, it tolerates gas pollution in large cities well. Therefore, it is indispensable in urban gardening.

Larches

Coniferous plants with needles falling down for the winter. This partly explains its name. These are large, light-loving and winter-hardy plants that grow quickly, are undemanding to soils and tolerate air pollution well.

Larches are especially beautiful in early spring and late autumn. In spring, larch needles acquire a soft green hue, and in autumn - bright yellow. Since the needles grow every year, its needles are very soft.

Larch fructifies from 15 years. Cones have an ovoid-conical shape, somewhat reminiscent of a rose flower. They reach a length of 6 cm. Young cones are purple in color. As they mature, they turn brown.

Larch- long-lived tree. Some of them live up to 800 years. The plant develops most intensively in the first 100 years. These are tall and slender trees, reaching 25-80 meters in height depending on the species and conditions.

In addition, larch is a very useful tree. It has a very hard and durable wood. In the industry, its red core is in the greatest demand. Also, larch is valued in folk medicine. Folk healers harvest its young shoots, buds and larch resin, from which "Venetian" turpentine (turpentine) is obtained, which is used for many diseases. The bark is harvested throughout the summer and used as a vitamin remedy.

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Conifers are mostly evergreens, woody or shrubby, with needle-like leaves. The needles are needle-shaped, scaly or linear leaves. Conifers belong to the class of gymnosperms. In total, coniferous plants number about 600 species. It is difficult to list the names of all coniferous trees, but it is possible to provide a list of coniferous trees that are the most famous and widespread in our strip.

Pine is an evergreen coniferous tree that grows everywhere throughout Russia, is distinguished by long needles and unpretentiousness to natural conditions. Sunny pine groves are a real natural sanatorium.

- a coniferous ornamental tree from the cypress family, many varieties of arborvitae are widely cultivated for landscaping parks and private farms.

- in the wild it grows in the tropical zone, it is also successfully bred as an ornamental tree or shrub, the foliage differs from all previous conifers, the leaves on upward shoots are arranged spirally, on horizontal shoots - linear. Yew is very poisonous, only pitted berries are edible.

- coniferous shrub of the cypress family, used for ornamental gardening.

- a mighty tree of the North Ocean coast of America of the cypress family. Trees - centenarians from this genus live for several thousand years.

- a beautiful coniferous tree that grows wild in the mountains of China.

The above list of conifers describes plants, each of which has many species - these are just the most common conifers.

In addition to those listed, conifers include: cypress, hemlock, ginkgo, araucaria, libocedrus, pseudo-hemlock, cunningamia, cryptomeria, sciadopitis, sequoiadendron and many others.

Coniferous trees include almost all of their species, the seeds of which ripen in cones. Contrary to popular belief, evergreens grow not only in our latitudes, but also in tropical countries.

In terms of their distribution area, they can safely compete even with the forests of South America. In total, there are about 800 species, many of which still remember dinosaurs. Most modern conifers are trees, but there are many shrub forms.

In the biotopes of the taiga, it is conifers (as the most hardy ones) that make up the majority of the local flora.

As we have already said, almost all evergreen conifers form cones, although junipers reproduce with berries. They got their name due to the fact that they do not have a seasonal change of deciduous cover: the needles are gradually renewed all year round throughout the entire life cycle of the tree.

It is this circumstance, as well as the fact of the presence of shrub forms, that has made them extremely popular among landscape designers.

It was from coniferous trees that many palaces and castles were created, which are distinguished by their stunning appearance. In addition, all of their species emit a lot of phytoncides that effectively purify the air. Unfortunately, evergreen coniferous trees cannot be used for landscaping cities, because they do not tolerate smog.

Along with ferns, these plants are among the most ancient. So, coal seams largely consist of petrified wood of coniferous trees.

Now let's take a look at some of the more prominent varieties.

Evergreen sequoia can reach a height of 115.2 meters (like a house of 45 floors) and grow for more than one millennium. But all evergreen coniferous trees look just like "weeds" before it is assumed that some of the currently growing specimens of this tree are over 3000 years old! But even this is not a record.

Even these achievements pale when you look at the Long-lived Pines (Pinus longaeva), which are approaching five THOUSAND years old! It is assumed that these are the oldest living organisms on our entire planet.

The thickest coniferous tree is considered Mexican Taxodium, whose diameter is 11.42 meters.

I wonder if there are dwarfs among them? Yes, and what else! So, the southern coniferous dacridium loose-leaved grows in New Zealand. His entire height does not exceed five centimeters.

Conifers are the most common trees in the world. Despite the low species diversity, they play an extremely important role in the ecology of the planet. In addition, they are used for harvesting most of the commercial wood, which is actively used in almost all spheres of human life. Even their resin, being petrified, turns into a jewel: it is enough to remember only one

Almost any coniferous evergreen tree of the pine family can be fully used by humans: it will be used not only for the production of wood, but also for the production of medicines.