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Taxus baccata, commonly called European or English yew, is a slow-growing evergreen conifer native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It tolerates shade and repeated pruning, which has made it a longstanding choice for hedges, screens, and topiary, while some specimens can survive for many c...
Thuja occidentalis, widely known as northern white-cedar or eastern arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It is characterized by its flat, scaly, fan-like foliage arranged in flattened sprays. The tree is a popular choice for ho...
Taxus x media, commonly called the Anglojap yew, is a hybrid evergreen shrub resulting from a cross between the European Taxus baccata and the Japanese Taxus cuspidata. The hybrid was first cultivated by T.D. Hatfield at the Hunnewell Arboretum in Massachusetts around 1900. As a shade-tolerant conif...
The golden buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta) is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle native to western North America. Adult beetles are recognized by their iridescent green and orange exoskeletons. They are noted for their unusually long larval stage, which develops inside coniferous trees and can...
Juniperus chinensis, the Chinese juniper, is a coniferous evergreen in the family Cupressaceae native to China, Japan, Korea, and parts of the broader East Asian region. It grows as a shrub or tree, producing needle-like juvenile foliage that matures into scale-like adult foliage on older branches....
The Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) is a large beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, recognized as the largest ladybird species native to Europe. It primarily inhabits coniferous forests, where it preys on aphids and other small insects found on pine and spruce trees. The beetle is distingui...
New Caledonia is a world leader in botanical diversity. Its unique geological historyspecifically its ultramafic soilshas led to the evolution of thousands of plant species found nowhere else on Earth, including many types of cycads and conifers. The island's biodiversity is high but faces significa...
Detailed plates of pine, spruce, and fir specimens. Emphasizes cone morphology and needle arrangement.
Juniperus horizontalis, commonly called creeping juniper, is a low, spreading evergreen conifer native to northern North America. Its long horizontal branches form dense mats of scale-like or awl-shaped foliage, and female plants can produce small, bluish, berry-like seed cones. Numerous cultivars a...
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis' is a compact cultivar of Hinoki cypress, an evergreen conifer native as a species to Japan. It develops dense, dark green, shell-like fans of scale foliage and grows slowly into an irregular pyramidal or rounded form. Its restrained growth and year-round structur...
Sparassis radicata, commonly known as the Western Cauliflower Mushroom, is a large edible fungus found at the base of conifer trees in western North America. It produces a dramatic, heavily lobed, cauliflower-like fruiting body that can grow to substantial size. The mushroom is recognized for its in...
Microbiota decussata, commonly known as Siberian carpet cypress, is a low-growing, evergreen conifer and the sole member of its genus. Endemic to the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in the Russian Far East, it was first discovered by science in 1921. It features feathery, scale-like foliage that lies fl...
Picea abies 'Nidiformis', commonly called bird's nest spruce, is a dwarf cultivar of Norway spruce grown as an ornamental evergreen shrub. Its dense, horizontally spreading branches form a flattened mound with a central depression that can resemble a nest. The slow-growing plant is used in rock gard...
The Pine beauty is an insect widely distributed across Europe and Asia, notable for its larvae's destructive defoliation of pine forests in the United Kingdom.
Microbiota decussata, commonly called Russian cypress, is a low-growing evergreen shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. Endemic to a small region of southeastern Siberia, particularly the Sikhote-Alin mountains, it was first discovered in 1921. The plant features feathery, scale-like foliage tha...
Pinus mugo, also known as the mountain pine or mugo pine, is an evergreen conifer native to the high-altitude regions of central and southern Europe. It typically grows as a dense, multi-stemmed shrub, though it can occasionally form a small tree depending on environmental conditions. The species ex...
Abies balsamea 'Nana' is a dwarf cultivar of the Balsam fir, native to North America, notable for its compact, mounding growth habit and highly aromatic, dark green evergreen needles.
Native to the mountainous pine forests of western North America, Williamson's Sapsucker is highly notable for the extreme difference in plumage between males and females.
Savin juniper native to mountains of Europe and central Asia, notable for being toxic in all its parts and for a long history of use in traditional medicine.
Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' is a dwarf cultivar of the eastern arborvitae notable for its compact, rounded form and bright golden-yellow foliage that turns a coppery bronze color in winter.
Juniperus horizontalis, known as Creeping Juniper, is a North American shrub distinguished by its trailing branches that form dense mats, making it a highly effective evergreen groundcover.
The Douglas fir pitch moth is a North American species of clearwing moth whose larvae bore into the bark of conifers, causing extensive damage to commercial timber.
A striking yellow-orange, densely scaly mushroom growing in clusters on conifer logs and stumps in montane forests across Europe and western North America.
Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzerana' is a hybrid shrub introduced in the late 19th century, distinguished by its sprawling, vase-shaped growth habit and robust, gray-green, scale-like foliage.
Tall bog russula, a large mild-tasting species with a bright red cap found in boggy coniferous forests across northern Europe and Scandinavia.
Albatrellus confluens is an edible polypore occurring in dense fused clusters in European and North American coniferous forests, though it can trigger gastrointestinal upset in some individuals.
The gypsy mushroom, a choice edible ectomycorrhizal species of northern boreal forests and one of the very few Cortinarius species widely consumed, especially in Scandinavia.
A large, firm Russula with variable reddish cap colors and a distinctive fishy odor when mature, forming ectomycorrhizal associations with conifers across the Northern Hemisphere.
Bondarzewia montana is a large edible polypore of mountainous coniferous and mixed forests in Europe and North America, best harvested young before the flesh becomes fibrous and tough.
