A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
within the diverse botanical group of
angiosperms that has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits. It is one of two general types of trees, the other being a
conifer
Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...
, a tree with needle-like or scale-like leaves and seeds borne in woody cones. Broad-leaved trees are sometimes known as hardwoods.
Most
deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
trees are broad-leaved
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Trees and Water.
Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Virginia Tech. but some are coniferous, like
larches.
Why do larches turn yellow?
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tree types
Gallery
File:Chênes Apremont by Rousseau Louvre RF1447 n1.jpg, ''Chênes Apremont'' by Théodore Rousseau
File:Maple leaf structure.jpg, Maple
''Acer'' is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated si ...
leaves by autumn
File:Enterolobium cyclocarpum in Guanacaste.jpg, Fig tree
File:Apples.jpg, Fruit of broad-leaved trees
See also
*Leaf
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the plant stem, stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leav ...
* Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
* Mixed coniferous forest
*Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat (ecology), habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-roun ...
References
External links
Identifying Broadleaf Trees and Shrubs.
CMG Garden Notes. Colorado State University Extension.
Trees
Plant morphology
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