If you own a farm or a tree lot, and you have a bunch of newly planted saplings or seedlings that you are trying to nurture, then you may worry about what will happen when winter comes around. Often, newly planted trees and seedlings have to deal with the multiple threats that the natural world […]
Needles vs. Leaves: A Plant Evolution
September 13th, 2016 |Trees come in all shapes and sizes, but all of them have either the ability to grow leaves or needles – never both, and never neither. Trees that can grow leaves are called deciduous trees, while those that can grow needles are called conifers, something you may have forgotten since high school science class. The […]
Tags: conifers, deciduous trees, evolution of needles on trees
Posted in Deciduous Trees, Evergreen Trees | No Comments »
Posted in Deciduous Trees, Evergreen Trees | No Comments »