A person couldn't move beneath such trees without cracking a few twigs, for the ground lacked the carpet of soft needles found around evergreens.

Holger, who would take the third watch, lay his length on the soft needles of the forest floor.

The downside of firs is they tend to have softer needles and branches.

Scott shoved back a thick branch, the soft needles pressing into the skin on his hand as he followed Harry's voice.

The trees bear soft, short needles and have a distinctive look in that the branches seem to push out from folds in the trunk.

The ground was covered in a drift of pine needles, thick and soft beneath our feet; the branches overhead formed a fair roof.

She brushed the soft needles against her cheek.

Its soft needles turn golden yellow in autumn, then fall.

Its foliage consists of soft, delicate needles that turn a lovely yellow before dropping in the fall.

Still, this one has reached about 80 feet, and we caressed its soft needles.