deciduous plant
Seasonally bare flora
A deciduous plant is one that sheds its leaves annually, typically in autumn, and regrows them in spring.
The term applies mostly to trees and shrubs in temperate climates—oaks, maples, birches—that go dormant during cold months.
This distinguishes them from evergreens, which retain foliage year-round: The deciduous plants had dropped their leaves by November.
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- fall colorsSeasonal tree pigmentation
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- fallDescend under gravity
- sheddingLosing outer covering
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deciduous plantevergreen
Retains foliage year-round
evergreen tree · evergreen shrub · conifer · pine · spruce
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