'coniferous' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It typically describes plants that have needle-like leaves and bear cones, such as pine trees, spruces, firs, and cedars. You can use it in any sentence where you need to refer to these types of plants. For example: "The hilly landscape was covered with coniferous trees."
Softwoods are fast-growing coniferous species that account for 80% of the world's timber.
Dense coniferous forests dominate the landscape.
Coniferous forests are found at higher elevations.
See also coniferous forest; chaparral.
In the highlands of the Tagus basin, coniferous trees are numerous, supporting a well-developed timber industry.
Found only along the divide between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, it lives at elevations up to 4,000 metres in mainly coniferous forests, which are snow-covered for much of the year.
They have adapted to a wide variety of environments, inhabiting tundra, coniferous, deciduous, and tropical forests, savannas, humid and arid grasslands, and deserts.
Apart from higher areas with tundra vegetation, the area is covered by coniferous forest of larch.
Lower is a central belt of coniferous and deciduous trees (birch and beech) mixed with pasturage and arable lands, and, still lower, deciduous growth including karstic heath and maquis (good for rough grazing) is found.
Presently demand for timber continues in construction and furniture industries, but, with the government's afforestation program in effect, new coniferous forests are beginning to dot the landscape.
In the south is the Holosiivsky Park, dominated by deciduous trees, and to the north are nearly 10,000 acres (4,450 hectares) of the Pushcha-Vodytsya Forest Park, mainly covered by coniferous species.
