broadleaved
Not needle-bearing trees
Broadleaved describes trees and plants with wide, flat leaves rather than needles or scales.
The term distinguishes deciduous hardwoods like oaks and maples from conifers like pines and spruces: a broadleaved forest, broadleaved evergreens.
Also spelled broad-leaved.
Quercus genus member
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- beechSmooth-barked deciduous hardwood
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- birchPale deciduous hardwood
walnut · cherry · elm · sycamore · alder · poplar · aspen · hickory
Plant's leafy covering
- dicotyledonPlant with paired embryonic leaves
- angiospermPlant producing flowers, fruits
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- perennialRecurring each year
deciduous · evergreen · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · transpiration · stomata · lamina · petiole
Sheds foliage seasonally
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- fallDescend under gravity
- sheddingLosing outer covering
- abscissionPlant part separation
senescence · dormancy · coloration · phenology · budbreak · cyclical · temperate · seasonal
Forest cultivation practice
- timberlandForested land for lumber
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- woodlandForested land area
coppicing · pollarding · plantation · sustainable · biodiversity · ecosystem · logging · clearcutting
oak
Quercus genus member
birch · walnut · cherry · elm · sycamore · alder · poplar · aspen · hickory · chestnut
foliage
Plant's leafy covering
- dicotyledonPlant with paired embryonic leaves
- angiospermPlant producing flowers, fruits
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
perennial · deciduous · evergreen · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · transpiration · stomata · lamina · petiole · venation
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
abscission · senescence · dormancy · coloration · phenology · budbreak · cyclical · temperate · seasonal · canopy
silviculture
Forest cultivation practice
- timberlandForested land for lumber
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
woodland · coppicing · pollarding · plantation · sustainable · biodiversity · ecosystem · logging · clearcutting · conservation
broadleavedconiferous
Producing woody cones
needle-leaved · needleleaf · conifer · evergreen · softwood