No. Most conifers do retain their needles year-round, but some do not. The needles on a larch tree turn yellow and drop annually, making it a deciduous tree but still a conifer. View Article ...

Larix laricina, in the pine family Pinaceae, is a small to medium-size boreal conifer that is uniquely deciduous where needles annually turn a beautiful yellow color and drop in autumn.

This collection of shed foliage is called "duff." Because nature is complicated and diverse, some conifers are deciduous and lose all of their foliage at once each fall. In North America ...

Certain conifers even change color with the season—whether as contrasting shades of new spring growth, the fall foliage of ...

Deciduous trees must recoup their investment in their leafy canopy in only a single growing season. In contrast, evergreen conifers, by hanging onto their needles, grant those needles multiple ...

The oldest known dawn redwoods are about 250 years old. Unlike its relatives, its a deciduous conifer, meaning its needle-like leaves change color and drop each fall. Its natural range is in China ...