coniferous

A 1938 city law decreed that “storekeepers and peddlers may sell and display coniferous trees during the month of December.”

Since softwood trees bear cones, they are called coniferous trees.

Why they should prefer coniferous trees, unless to utilize the needles for a nest, is not understood.

Araucaria, a genus of trees of the coniferous or pine order, indigenous to Australasia and South America.