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。

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”的南洋杉看去和极针叶林没什么两样。

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，所以生活在这片森林里的动物非常稀少。

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吨以的针叶。

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

30米高的常绿乔木和针叶树覆盖着大区。

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

红松鼠会将针叶树的果实割下来，然后埋在森林面的落叶中。

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

虽然那时有很多巨大的针叶树，该州的这个特别开阔而且干燥一些。

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。

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区附近有针叶林松树和木兰树。

Some trees -- mostly evergreen conifers like pines or spruce -- use solely this technique and keep their needle-like leaves unfrozen year-round with a super strong anti-freeze.

用这种强力的防冻剂就能保持他们针般的叶子全年都不会被冻住但其他物种，像枫树、桦树和落叶松，结合并没有那么多的含糖汁液。

But root pressure is not nearly great enough to push water to the tops of tall trees. Furthermore, the conifers, which are among the tallest trees, have unusually low root pressures.

但根压完全不足以将水推到树顶。况且，最高树木中的松柏只有很低的根压。

New modern plants, like conifers and fruit trees, started pushing cycads out, and the once proud population of E. Woodiis were reduced, and reduced, and reduced until there was possibly only one left.

现代的新品种，例如针叶树和水果树开始挤压苏铁的生存空间，伍德苏铁曾经引以为傲的数量变的越来越少，越来越少，直到这里可能只剩下一棵了。

The Princess was always brightest in spring, just after the conifers emerged from the snow, their deep green needles seeming almost black against the tawny browns of soil and bark.

春天，当针叶树从雪里露出头来，深绿色的针叶在黄褐色的泥土和树皮的映衬下，显得几乎呈黑色时，印第安公主最为清晰可见。

If the conifers and sagebrush are soloists, the wheat field is a corps de ballet, each stem following all the rest in bursts of movement, a million ballerinas bending, one after the other, as great gales dent their golden heads.

漫山遍野铺满了野生小麦。如果说针叶树和山艾是独舞演员，那么麦田就是一个芭蕾舞团。大风刮过，每根麦秆都跟随大家一起律动，宛如无数位芭蕾舞者一个接一个弯下腰来，在金黄的麦田表面留下凹痕。