Science 11/30/2010

does not lose its needle-like leaves in the fall

loses its leaves in the fall and grows new ones in the spring

grow mainly in northern North America, Europe, and Asia

grow in places that have cold, snowy winters

grow where summers are warm and dry

conifers such as spruce, fir, and pine

tree leaves look like needles

Few plants grow under coniferous trees

• grow are generally warmer than those of coniferous
• forests

get rain in summer and snow in winter

can have oak, maple, and beech trees

drop their leaves in the fall

• can have a climate that is warm and rainy all year
• long

many tall trees let little sunlight reach the forest floor

• Some of the trees can be 35 meters tall—taller than a
• ten-story office building

Plants such as orchids grow on the trees

Most animals of the tropical forest live in the trees

Some spend their whole lives there