Home > Plants and Animals > Botany > Botany: General

Research topic:deciduous plant

Click to see an enlarged picture
deciduous plant. (Image by Malene, GFDL)
Find more facts and information on our topic page about deciduous plant

deciduous plant

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

deciduous plant see tree .


Find more facts and information related to the .
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Letter: Highest praise for my care at Selly Oak.(Letters)
; ...But over the last 50 or so years we seem to have lost many of these, without any replacements. As I walk up through Moseley I see tree stumps everywhere. We can't afford to lose those on the number 11 bus route, it would only injure Birmingham's image, both... Read more
SEE TREE TV.(News)
; TREES are blocking two new police CCTV cameras at Machynlleth, mid Wales. They went up in winter when there were no leaves. Read more
Come and make new discoveries
; ...invited to make new discoveries at The Great Gloucestershire Tree Party. Visitors to the University of Gloucestershire can see tree climbing displays, take part in tree listening, or explore the freedom of forest schools. The event, on March 4, draws together... Read more
The Devonport.(Ents Eating Out)
; We drove through a blizzard to get there and arrived to see tree lights flashing at us. I had festive deja vu - a weird feeling on the first Friday of March. But inside there was no sign of a... Read more
Ready for Christmas trees rush.
; ...launch on November 26 and continue until December 20. 'We have set new records every year for the past decade and expect to see tree sales topping 19,000 this year,' said administrator Ann Collier. 'We have people coming from a radius of more than 100 miles... Read more
Ready for Christmas trees rush
; ...launch on November 26 and continue until December 20. 'We have set new records every year for the past decade and expect to see tree sales topping 19,000 this year,' said administrator Ann Collier. 'We have people coming from a radius of more than 100 miles... Read more
Boaters don't own the only trailers needing plates.(Neighbor)(Traffic Q & A)
; ...bring it back home at the season's end. I don't have a problem with this. I do, however, have a problem with the fact that I see tree companies pulling log splitters and chippers, construction companies pulling welders and compressors and landscapers with small... Read more
Common Sense
; When the sun goes down this time of year, you can see tree lights sparkle in most front windows. Families are conducting life in there. Meanwhile, other people drive by, watch the sparkle... Read more
Daphne's just far too tasty!
; ...that things have gone wrong and many Mercury readers have asked where have all the flowers gone? The Daphne mezereum is a deciduous plant, and gets its leaves after flowering in late spring. If they are mottled yellow the problem is a serious virus infection... Read more
COLD COMFORT FOR EVERGREENS.(Seattle @Home)
; ...leaves. You can feel the difference between the leaf of a broadleaf evergreen, such as the winter box (Sarcococca) and a deciduous plant, such as a hydrangea - the former is sturdy, the latter thin. When dry winter cold sets in, broadleaf evergreens are quick... Read more

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

Deciduous Plants
Deciduous Plants A perennial plant that seasonally loses its leaves (and/or stems) is deciduous. This loss is typically related...example, green portions of the plant are shed during the dry season...frozen and unavailable for the plant. Most of the water lost by a plant occurs because ... Read more
deciduous
deciduous Applied to parts of a plant or animal that are shed seasonally (e.g. deer antlers, leaves of certain plants), to trees that shed their leaves seasonally, and to the perianth of a flower if this is shed after fertilization. In trees, this is not an indicator of taxonomic status; although deciduous ... Read more
deciduous
deciduous Applied to parts of a plant or animal that are shed seasonally (e.g. deer antlers, leaves of certain plants), to trees that shed their leaves seasonally, and to the perianth of a flower if this is shed after fertilization. In trees, this is not an indicator of taxonomic status; although deciduous ... Read more
deciduous
deciduous Describing plants in which all the leaves are shed at the end of each growing season...or at the beginning of a dry season in the tropics. This seasonal leaf fall helps the plant retain water that would otherwise be lost by transpiration from the leaves. Examples of deciduous plants are rose and ... Read more
deciduous tree
...all its leaves during one season. Deciduous forests are found in three middle-latitu...dominant trees in mid-latitude deciduous forests. Other plants that shed...leaves seasonally may also be called deciduous. conifer , evergreen . deciduous... Read more

Related research topics

Online videos

Evergreen Shade Perennials

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: