Deciduous forest after leaf fall

Like many deciduous plants, Forsythia flowers during the leafless season

Deciduous means "temporary" or "tending to fall off" (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). Deciduous forest in southern Michigan, November 2002 From http://www. ... Deciduous forest in southern Michigan, November 2002 From http://www. ... Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 5988 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 5988 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Botany

In botany, deciduous plants, principally trees and shrubs, are those that lose their foliage for part of the year. In some cases, the foliage loss coincides with the incidence of winter in temperate or polar climates, while others lose their leaves during the dry season in climates with seasonal variation in rainfall. Non-deciduous plants are known as evergreens. Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... The word bush re-directs here; for alternate uses see Bush (disambiguation). ... This article is about the leaf, a plant organ. ... In many parts of the world, winter is associated with snow. ... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ... Regions with a polar climate are characterized by a lack of warm summers (specifically, no month having an average temperature of 10°C or higher), resulting in the absence of trees in such places, which may also be covered with glaciers or a permanent or semi-permanent layer of ice. ... The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ...

Many deciduous plants flower during the period when they are leafless, as this increases the effectiveness of pollination. The absence of leaves improves wind transmission of pollen in the case of wind-pollinated plants, and increases the visibility of the flowers to insects in insect-pollinated plants. This strategy is not without risks, as the flowers can be damaged by frost, or in dry season areas, result in water stress on the plant. Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (male gametes) to the plant carpel, the structure that contains the ovule (female gamete). ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (walking sticks) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera...

Anatomy

In anatomy, deciduous teeth, also called milk teeth, are those that fall out during the course of normal development. Other body parts that are shed, such as antlers, are also described as deciduous. Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... ... Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ... For the Poet Laureate of Milwaukee, see Antler (Poet). ...