These trees also provide a magical scent as you stroll through a snowy evergreen forest on a crisp winter s day. In case you didn t know, evergreens are trees that keep their needles and are never totally without leaves. Most conifers are evergreens, but not all. It is really easy to spot one in October in the northern forests. The rest of the conifers that are evergreens, remain green year-round and will lose brown needles occasionally as the tree grows.
Evergreens are able to make food throughout the early and late parts of the growing season.
All Wisconsin evergreens are conifers, that means trees that produce their seeds in a cone. They also have narrow round or flat needles instead of broad leaves like an oak. The cones and needles can help you tell the trees apart and identify them. They are scattered from central Wisconsin to the northernmost parts of the state. Although, you'll see them planted throughout Wisconsin.