Creatures are scarce because few can eat conifer needles.

这里缺乏生物的原因是很少有生物以针叶为食。

An average hectare of Himalayan conifer forest produces over six tonnes of needles a year.

喜马拉雅针叶林平均一公顷每年生产6吨以上的针叶。

Growth is so difficult that conifers protect their precious leaves by filling them with resin.

因为生长困难，针叶树木用树脂来保护宝贵的叶子。

There is restoration work underway to repair damage from conifer plantations.

目前，当地正在进行一些修复工作，以修复针叶树种植园对环境带来的损害。

The hares essentially need these regenerating conifers as shelter.

野兔需要这些再生针叶树作为庇护所。

Ever green and conifer trees reaching 30 meters high covered much of the landscape.

30米高的绿乔木和针叶树覆盖着大部分地区。

The needle-shaped leaves of the conifers are virtually inedible, so this forest supports very little animal life.

针叶树的针状树叶根本不能食用，所以生活在这森林里的动物非稀少。

Red squirrels cut conifer cones from trees and bury them in plant litteron the forest floor.

红松鼠会将针叶树上的果实割下来，后埋在森林地面的落叶中。

The conifers are slowing down, too.

针叶林也开始装备自己。

Here in South America, araucaria trees or monkey puzzles are like the conifers of the Taiga.

这是南美洲，绰号叫“猴子谜”的南洋杉看上去和极地针叶林没什么两样。

Although there were large conifer trees, this particular part of the state was a bit more open and dry.

时有很多巨大的针叶树，该州的这个特别部分更开阔而且干燥一些。

Hardwoods generally come from trees that have flowers and seasonal changes in their leaves while softwoods generally come from conifers.

硬木通是指有花的树木，以及叶子有季节性变化的树木，而软木通是指针叶树。

During the Cretaceous Period, many common plants  were gymnosperms or seed-producing plants, like early conifers.

在白垩纪时期， 许多见的植物是裸子植物或产生种子的植物，如早期的针叶树。

For the longest time, conifers dominated the forests of antiquity.

在很长一段时间里，针叶树占据了古代森林的主导地位。

No other conifer in the range is so closely restricted to special localities.

该范围内没有其他针叶树如此严格地局限于特殊地区。

Fossilized plants found near the skeleton revealed that the young T-Rex lived in an area near conifer, pine and magnolia trees.

在骨骸附近发现的化石植物揭示，年幼的霸王龙生活的地区附近有针叶林松树和木兰树。

Elevation and latitude crosscut to form mazes of high-altitude grasslands, chilly black-green conifer forests, temperate rhododendron thickets, and subtropical lowland savannas.

海拔和纬度横切，形成迷宫般的高海拔草原，寒冷的黑绿色针叶林，温带杜鹃花灌丛和亚热带低地稀树草原。

Some species of trees, especially conifers, are still alive.

一些樹種，尤其是松柏科植物，還沒消失。

Before these early bloomers, conifers, ferns and cycads were the dominant plants.

在这些早期的灯笼裤之前，针叶树、蕨类植物 和苏铁是主要植物。

Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers.

由于有足够长的夏季 阔叶林得以取代针叶林。