Sempervirens in the snow.

10-Week Picture Projects: TREES, Wk 8 (Feb 23-March 01): Evergreen Tree(s)
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PINE TREES under the snow:)
In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season. There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs. Evergreens include:
most species of conifers (e.g., hemlock, blue spruce, red cedar, and white/scots/jack pine), but not all (e.g., larch)live oak, holly, and "ancient" gymnosperms such as cycads
most angiosperms from frost-free climates, such as eucalypts and rainforest treesclubmosses and relatives
The Latin binomial term sempervirens (literally, "always green") refers to the evergreen nature of the plant.