Broad-leaved tree
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)A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any
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, a tree with needle-like or scale-like leaves and seeds borne in woody cones.[1] Broad-leaved trees are sometimes known as hardwoods.[2]
Most deciduous trees are broad-leaved[3] but some are coniferous, like larches.[4]
Tree types
Gymnosperms (seed plants not flowering) | Angiosperms (flowering seed plants) |
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Coniferous (females bearing ovulate cones that release unenclosed seeds at maturity)
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Fruit-bearing (enclosing seeds within) |
Usually evergreen (gradually shedding foliage, green foliage throughout year) | Usually deciduous (seasonally shedding all foliage, no foliage for part of year) |
Known as softwoods (nonporous, wood typically lighter & softer)[5] | Known as hardwoods (wood structure porous & more complex, wood generally harder)[5] |
Needle-like or scale-like leaves | Broad leaves |
Examples: firs, spruces, pines | Examples: hickories, maples, oaks |
Gallery
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Chênes Apremont by Théodore Rousseau
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Maple leaves by autumn
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Fig tree
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Fruit of broad-leaved trees
See also
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Mixed coniferous forest
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
References
- ^ Dichotomous Key. Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest. College of Forestry, Oregon State University.
- ^ Broadleaved Trees: Unsung Component of British Columbia's Forests. University of British Columbia.
- ^ a b Lee, S. and A. Raflo. Trees and Water. Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Virginia Tech.
- ^ Why do larches turn yellow? U.S. Department of Agriculture
- ^ a b Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wood Handbook—Wood as an Engineering Material Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, General Technical Report series, № FPL‑GTR‑190, Centennial ed. (Madison, Wis.: USDA Forest Service, FPL, 2010‑04), p. 2‑2.
External links
- Identifying Broadleaf Trees and Shrubs. CMG Garden Notes. Colorado State University Extension.