Thomas Lazar / Looking up the trunk of Giant Sequoia tree(Sequoiadendron giganteum) Western Slope Sierra Nevada Mnts, Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / Trunks of Californian Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) and blooming Rhododendron, Redwood National Park, Califorina, USA, June 2008.

Michael Hutchinson / Coastal Giant Redwood tree {Sequoia sempervirens} which has sprouted a second trunk, ~Redwood NP, California, USA

Thomas Lazar / Trunks of Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) with smaller trees behind, Western Slope Sierra Nevada Mnts, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Juniper tree (Juniperus) at Buena Vista Overlook in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, USA, May 2013.

Matthew Maran / Trunk of Western 'Grandma' Red Cedar tree {Thuja plicata} over 800 years old, The Big Tree Trail, Meares Island, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) on the edge of Ocua jezero, one of the Bacinska Jezera (Lakes of Bacina) Dalmatia region, Croatia, May 2009

Duncan Mcewan / Lodgepole pine tree {Pinus contorta} young shoot, May, Inverness-shire, Scotland

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Palm fruit on tree {Pandanus sp} Sabah Malaysia Indonesia

David Welling / Bristlecone pine cones & new growth - ancient trees {Pinus aristata} White Mountains, USA

Brian Lightfoot / Scots pine tree cone {Pinus sylvestris} cones. Scotland.

Adrian Davies / Bristlecone pine tree {Pinus aristata} Close-up of 'bristly' immature cone, Inyo county, California, USA.

Duncan Mcewan / Japanese larch {Larix kaempferi} mature cone and female inflorescences, Scotland

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Close-up of Canary pine (Pinus canariensis) cone, Caldera de Taburiente National Park, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, March 2009

Adrian Davies / Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) cones on branch, UK, October

Jouan Rius / Bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata), Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA December 2012

Roland Seitre / Araucaria (Araucaria sp) trees near the entrance to Parc Provincial de la Rivire Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, Yate, South Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / Araucaria (Araucaria sp) trees near the entrance to Parc Provincial de la Rivire Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, Yate, South Province, New Caledonia.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Daniel Heuclin / Rule araucaria tree (Araucaria rulei), New Caledonia, endemic and endangered.

Daniel Heuclin / Rule araucaria trees (Araucaria rulei), New Caledonia, endemic and endangered.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) ancient tree, Inyo National forest, White Mountains, California, USA.

Alex Hyde / Yew berry (Taxus baccata), Nottinghamshire, UK. October.

Geoff Simpson / European larch tree {Larix decidua} cones on branch, UK

Rob Tilley / Yaku sugi (Cedar tree) trunk, Yaku-shima, Kagoshima, Japan

Aflo / N-0303 Daio-sugi cedar tree, Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan.

Nature Production / Japanese Cedar / Yakusugi tree (Cryptomeria japonica) ancient tree with exposed roots, Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) trunks with moss and fungi, inland temperate rainforest of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, Western North America, January.

Floris van Breugel / A winter blanket of snow covers Giant Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park, California. December 2008.

Michael Hutchinson / Redwood sorrel {Oxalis oregana} on forest floor beneath Coast Giant redwood trees {Sequoia sempervirens} Humboldt State Park, California, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunbeams through Coastal Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens), Muir Woods NP, California, USA

Duncan Mcewan / Larch cones, immature {Larix sp} July Scotland, UK

Duncan Mcewan / European larch {Larix decidua} female inflorescences and young leaves, Inverness-shire

Duncan Mcewan / Japanese larch {Larix kaempferi} mature cones & female inflorescence, Inverness

Duncan Mcewan / European larch {Larix decidua}, cone and female inflorescence, Scotland

Stephen Dalton / European larch tree (Larix decidua) female cones, UK

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Larch {Larix deciduas} needles and cones in autumn, Donisthorpe, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, November. Did you know? Larch trees were introduced to the UK around 1620, and were one of the...

Adrian Davies / Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) cones on branch, UK, October

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Female cone of European larch (Larix decidua). New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March.

Kevin Schafer / Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) needles changing colour in fall, Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, September 2012.

Geoff Simpson / European larch cone with new leaf growth {Larix decidua} Derbyshire, Peak District NP, UK

Brian Lightfoot / New Larch cones (Larix decidua). Montrose, Scotland, UK, Europe

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Larch {Larix deciduas} yellow needles and cones in autumn, Donisthorpe, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, November

Duncan Mcewan / Larch - old cones with lichen and emerging spring leaves {Larix sp} Scotland, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) tree trunk, Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus, May 2009

Rolf Nussbaumer / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) on the banks of the Blanco River. Wimberley, Hays County, Central Texas, USA, June.

Jouan Rius / Giant sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Mariposa grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, November 2012.

Jack Dykinga / Towering Coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) rising from forest understory of Wood sorrel (Oxalis), Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, May.

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis) beside a pool with submerged Yellow pond lily (Nuphar polysepala) and Cypress (Taxodium sp) in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Cypress dome swamp with water surface covered with water-spangles and duckweed, Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida Everglades, USA

Philippe Clement / White spruce {Picea glauca} cones in taiga forest, Denali NP, Alaska, USA.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Himalayan Hemlock spruce tree (Tsuga ? dumosa), Annapurna trek, Himalayas, Nepal,

Brian Lightfoot / Sitka spruce cones {Picea sitchensis}

Juan Manuel Borrero / Norway spruce tree (Picea abies) cones, Spain.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in natural woodland, Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

David Noton / Looking over Morraine Lake to the Rockies, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Jose B. Ruiz / Looking up the trunk of an Italian pine stone tree (Pinus pinea) Alicante, Spain

Mike Read / Monte Padru (2390m) + Corsican pine woodland, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica

Wild Wonders of Europe / Döerr / Spruce forest, Cheile Bicazului-Hasmas National Park, Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania, Romania, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Fir (Abies sp), Beech (Fagus silvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia, June 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Fir (Abies sp), Beech (Fagus silvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia, June 2012

Ernie Janes / Plantation of evergreen Norway spruce (Picea abies) and deciduous Larch (Larix decidua) trees, North Yorshire, England, UK, November.

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunks of Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis} and Big leaf maple {Acer macrophyllum}, also Sword ferns {Polystichum munitum} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Jack Dykinga / Club moss {Lycopodium sp} on trunks of Sitka spruce trees {Picea sitchensis} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Jack Dykinga / Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) growing amongst pinnacles of volcanic tuff, dawn, Wheeler Geological Area Wilderness, Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, USA