How to Use conifer in a Sentence

conifer

noun
Definition of conifernext
  • The future: The timeline for mixed conifer forests is for trees to grow less than a foot per year.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
  • At higher elevations were forests of shrubs and a variety of broad-leaved trees and conifers.
    — Mike Sager, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
  • In between are bundles of dwarf conifers and petite perennial shrubs, and dozens of bonsai on display.
    — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • One clue came from their unusual diet—not just caterpillars, but also other foods such as conifer cones.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Instead, the earliest mammal gliders may have leapt from tree to tree to feed on the cones of conifer trees or the soft parts of giant ferns.
    — Author: Carl Zimmer, Alaska Dispatch News, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Spruces, firs and even artificial evergreens have vanished in recent weeks, leaving behind a trail of conifer crime scenes.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2017
  • The last color change is when the larch trees (a deciduous conifer that loses its needles) turn gold in mid-October.
    — Bridget Hallinan, CNT, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Don’t prune evergreens now, such as conifers, boxwoods (Buxus), hollies (Ilex), azaleas and rhododendrons.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
  • When board member Kara Nielsen is asked by email what kind of tree is the conifer, it is quickly filtered to Picardy Drive’s resident arborist.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2017
  • That fox has been getting a lot of attention, said George Waters, the gardener in charge of the adjacent dogwood and conifer collections.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
  • The Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve is home to mixed conifer, oak and cedar forest, native grassland and seasonal ponds.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 5 July 2017
  • There’s information on vegetable and fruit gardens, wooded areas, bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes; goldfish ponds, perennial borders, conifers, winter gardens and seeds.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The conifer was the one that led Dr. Dalling to rummage through the brush in the first place.
    — Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The conifers are starting to inch out their first growth of the year.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The canyon sides were steep and sandy; the sun was hot and the wind was bending the tall conifers.
    — John Riha, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The emerald fringes of conifers browned overnight, as if singed by flame.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Rugged scenery shifts from drift ice and mountain peaks to sparkling lakes and old-growth conifer forests.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
  • The conifer is not a pine — purists prefer to call it Wollemia — and is named for the park where it was found, , pronounced .
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The fires spurred the production of conifer cones, which had not happened since 2015.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Tall thin trunks, with bushy conifer crowns right at eye level.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Then, the basin was home to prairie-like grasslands, stands of conifer trees and a large body of water known as Lake Otero.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The fire's main fuel sources were brush, ponderosa pine and mixed conifer, the site stated.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Those large conifers may take up soil water at the expense of the golden chain tree.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2020
  • This must-have seemed like a bargain at three or four times the price per cubic foot of most conifers.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 13 July 2019
  • Narrow in growth habit, this dense green conifer would be ideal for a tight space.
    — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And that's something that's affected the war in a lot of ways, is these big, thick conifer forests full of pines, cedar, and firs.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2021
  • There were snow covered conifers and robins singing into the cloudless sky.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The fruit of the juniper plant, a conifer, is a type of tiny cone that is similar to a pinecone, according to DNR.
    — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The fire is burning in a mix of conifer, according to U.S. Forest Service staff.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 24 June 2024
  • The sawfly larva feeds on the needles of conifers, including the lower portion, which contains resin from the branch.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024

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