deciduous
Shedding leaves seasonally, typically in autumn. Deciduous trees drop all their leaves before winter dormancy and regrow them in spring.
Plants Using This Term (17)
- Actaea pachypoda — White Baneberry
- Caulophyllum thalictroides — Blue Cohosh
- Cornus alternifolia — Pagoda Dogwood
- Hamamelis virginiana — Witch Hazel
- Hydrophyllum virginianum — Virginia Waterleaf
- Larix laricina — Tamarack
- Maianthemum racemosum — False Solomon's Seal
- Menispermum canadense — Common Moonseed
- Moringa oleifera — Moringa
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia — Virginia Creeper
- Robinia pseudoacacia — Black Locust
- Sanguinaria canadensis — Bloodroot
- Spiraea × vanhouttei — Vanhoutte Spirea
- Syringa vulgaris — Common Lilac
- Toxicodendron vernix — Poison Sumac
- Trillium grandiflorum — Great White Trillium
- Viola pubescens — Downy Yellow Violet
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achene acuminate aerial root alternate annual axillary basal berry biennial bract calyx capsule cauline clasping cordate corolla corymb crenate cyme cypsela dentate drupe entire evergreen fenestration follicle glaucous inflorescence lanceolate legume ligulate lobed opposite ovary palmate panicle papilionaceous pappus pedicel perennial petiole pinnate pubescent raceme rachis rhizome rosette sepal serrate sessile silique spadix spathe spatulate stamen stipule succulent taproot ternate thallus trifoliate umbel undulate whorled