These include trees like oaks, maples, and walnuts.
The word “deciduous” comes from the Latin word " decidere, which means “to fall.”
Read on to find out characteristics and examples of deciduous trees.
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What Is a Deciduous Tree?
A deciduous tree loses its broad, flat leaves at the end of the growing season.
Why Do Deciduous Trees Lose Their Leaves?
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Deciduous trees shed their leaves in fall to get ready for winter.
Shedding leaves allows them to conserve energy during shorter days with less sunlight.
As a bonus, the process yields the wonderful fall colors that we so admire.
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Deciduous trees have a specific growth period during which their leaves bud, grow, and then reach maturity.
Once they’ve reached maturity, their leaves fall, andwe begin to rake.
Evergreen trees are continuously growing leaves, with new ones replacing old ones as they fall.
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Deciduous trees also have broader leaves compared to evergreen’s smaller leaves.
Not surprisingly, evergreens require more energy to grow since they are always in growth mode.
This process happens as the trees stop their chlorophyll production when the days get shorter in the fall.
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Examples of Deciduous Trees
The best-known deciduous trees arethe fall-foliage trees.
For small properties,growing bushes with dazzling fall-foliagedisplays is a sensible alternative to growing large trees.
There are even shrubs that put on their best display of foliage in spring, such asGold Mound spirea.
There are few evergreen choices for the North, especially beyond zone 6. you’re able to also tell by looking at its leaves.
If it has broader leaves, then it may be a deciduous tree.
Evergreen trees, which do not lose their leaves all at once, are not deciduous.
Coniferous trees with cones and needles are also not deciduous.
“Perennial” refers to plants that live for two years and usually many more.
Most trees are perennial.
Perennial trees can be either jot down.
