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A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any tree 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, a tree with needle-like or scale-like leaves and seeds borne in woody cones. Dichotomous Key. Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest. College of Forestry, Oregon State University. Broad-leaved trees are sometimes known as hardwoods. Broadleaved Trees: Unsung Component of British Columbia's Forests. University of British Columbia.
Most deciduous trees are broad-leavedLee, S. and A. Raflo. Trees and Water. Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Virginia Tech. but some are coniferous, like . Why do larches turn yellow? U.S. Department of Agriculture
| +Two general types of Woody plant trees ! (seed plants not flowering) !Flowering plant (flowering seed plants) | |
| Coniferous (females bearing ovulate Conifer cone that release unenclosed seeds at maturity) | 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 (nonporous, wood typically lighter & softer)Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wood Handbook—Wood as an Engineering Material , General Technical Report series, № FPL‑GTR‑190, Centennial ed. (Madison, Wis.: USDA Forest Service, FPL, 2010‑04), p. 2‑2. | Known as (wood structure porous & more complex, wood generally harder) |
| Usually needle-like or scale-like leaves | Broad leaves |
| Examples: , , | Examples: Hickory, , |
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