more on trees and leaves (part 2)

Trees that keep their leaves
Some trees have green leaves all year round, and so are called evergreen. Their leaves are waxy and usually look like spiky needles or flat, rounded fingers. Many evergreen trees produce roungh cones, which are actually their fruit!







1. Juniper
The juniper is a prickly bush that grows on mountains and moors. It thrives in cold, windy places where no other trees can grow. Its dark berry may be used to flavour gin.

2. Cypress
There are many different types of tree inthe cypress family. This elegent variety is popular in gardens.

3. California redwood
This is the world's tallest tree, reaching over 100 m (330 ft) high. It is found on the west coast of the USA and can leve for up to 2,000 years.

4. Coffee plant
This bushy tree grows in hot, tropical countries especially in South America and Africa. Its seeds known as beans are dried and roasted to make coffee.

5. Cedar
When the wood of the cedar tree is cut it has a wonderful spicy smell. Cedar tree originally come from North Africa and the Mediterranean.

6. Norway spruce
Younf spruce may be cut for christmas trees. The woowd from big tree is used to make boats, furniture, roofs, boxes, fences and paper pulp.

7. Blue spruce
For hundreds of years evergreen trees have been decorated at christmas.

8. Holly
The spiny leaves of holly stop animals from eating them. The berries are important winter food for wildlife.

9. Leyland cypress
We plant this fast- growing tree to make thich hedges. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) a year and unless it is trimmed, quickly grows very tall.

10. Yew
Yews live for many hundreds of years and they are a common sight in old churchyards. The older they get, the more twisted and crooked their trunks become. Their fruits and seeds are poisonous.

11. Monkey puzzle
The leaves of the strange tree are viciously pointed. Someone once said that a monkey would find it tricky to climb such a tree, which is how it got its name.

12. Pine bark
Bark can be a good way to tell trees apart, because each kind of tree has a different color and texture of bark. As trees get older, their bark may peel away or crack.

13. Douglas fir
This tree's natural habitat is the Rocky Mountains of North America. Squirrels and birds find the seeds in its cones irresistible.

14. Bay
The leaves of the bay tree are dried in a hot oven to be used as a herd in cooking. They give flavour to sauces and atews.

15. Variegated holly
Some kinds of holly have yellow or whitish edges to their leaves. These are known as variegated hollies and their berries may be yellow or orange, as well as red.

16. Scots pine
At one time, These pines formed mighty forests that covered Scotland. The forests were destroyed because the trees were cut for timber and grazing cattle ate the shoots of any young trees.