In the South, where the winters are mild, some of the broad-leaved trees are evergreen; that is, the leaves stay on the trees during winter and keep their green color. Most of the conifers - pines, ...
Some plants might have survived by being robust. The monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana, for example, looks almost armour plated, covered in thick, scale-like leaves with sharp edges. The group ...
The flowers of white mountain heather have a red base and reddish stamen, and the stems are covered in scale-like leaves. White mountain heather is a shrub that grows best at high altitudes.
This is because the growing points for these plants are located at the tips of the awl or scale-like leaves. Once a branch has no green growing points left, that branch will not grow back.