Gymnosperm usually evergreen, with cones and/or smallish fruits.  Leaves are needle-shaped or trees have scalelike leaves.  The wood produced by gymnosperms is known commercially as softwood Competition The struggle between trees to obtain sunlight, nutrients, water, and growing space. Every part of the tree - from the roots to the crown - competes for space and food.  Or in the case of animals the struggle between animals to find food, mates, living and hunting space. Monocotyledon plants that only produce one leaf when the seed germinates Dicotyledon plants that produce two leaves when the seed germinates