Definition: Hemlock trees (see picture)
Hinoki cypress trees
Eastern white pine trees
"Conifer" is an arboricultural term meaning, literally, a cone-bearer (such English words as "refer" and "aquifer" also use the FER Latin root). Trees that fall into this category reproduce by forming a cone rather than a flower as a container for their seeds.
Examples of conifers include:
Don't confuse "conifer" with "evergreen." While there is overlap between the two words, they do not mean the same thing.
Common Misspellings: coniphers
Examples:
The cones from conifers are collected by crafts aficionados to make, for example, kissing balls, but many homeowners find conifer trees too messy to have on their properties.
