Vegetation: Needleleaf, alder, coniferous trees, birch, broadleaf deciduous trees and shrubs, evergreen spruce, deciduous larch or tamarack fir, pine, boreal conifers, and aspen. In Scandinavia and western Russia the Scots pine is a common tree. In North America, only a few species of fir and spruce are dominant.

Growth: typical: needleleaf trees which are drought resistant and well adapted to the cold.
-Evergreens
-Dark color
-Needleleaf

Evergreen habit - Leaves remain green during the winter, so that when temperatures rise in the spring and summer, plants can begin photosynthesis right away.

Dark color - An adaption of spruce and fir trees. Dark green needles allow more sun light and heat to be absorbed, so that the process of photosynthesis is accelerated.