deciduous tree
Seasonally bare plant
A deciduous tree is one that sheds its leaves annually, typically in autumn, and grows new ones in spring.
Oaks, maples, and elms are deciduous trees.
The term distinguishes them from evergreens, which retain foliage year-round.
The deciduous trees along the street turn brilliant orange in October.
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- sugar mapleHardwood tapped for sap
- oakQuercus genus member
- timber productionCommercial wood harvesting
- wood grainTimber's natural pattern
hardwood · chestnut · foliage · fall colors · bark · ash · poplar · carbon sequestration · sycamore · dormancy · forest floor · autumn · willow · old growth · canopy · birch · leaf litter · beech
- plantsplants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees, plant
- deciduous treesmaple, oak, birch, beech, elm
- plant formsshrub, vine, herb, grass, bush
- paper ingredientswood pulp, cellulose, cotton rags, recycled paper, wastepaper