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Deciduous usually means plants that drop their leaves, such as in the fall. The opposite of deciduous is evergreen.
Often people mistake the opposite of deciduous to be coniferous, meaning cone-bearing. There are a few deciduous trees that are also coniferous, such as larch. There are also plants that are evergreen but are not coniferous, such as eucalyptus.
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Opposite of deciduous?
The opposite of deciduous is "evergreen." Evergreen trees and plants retain their leaves or needles throughout the year, unlike deciduous trees that shed their leaves annually.
What is the opposite of deciduous?
The opposite of deciduous is perennial. Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually, while perennial plants live for more than two years and do not shed their leaves in the same manner.
Is an American elm coniferous or deciduous?
Sycamores including Platanus occidentalis are deciduous. The opposite of deciduous is "evergreen" and while most coniferous trees (pines, spruces, and firs) are evergreen, some (e.g. bald cypress, larch) are deciduous.
What is the opposite of a evergreen tree?
Evergreen trees keep their leaves/needles over the winter months. Deciduous trees lose their leaves during the winter months.
Is gulmohar oak deciduous or evergreen?
Gulmohar is a deciduous tree, losing its leaves seasonally.
Opposite of deciduous?
The opposite of deciduous is "evergreen." Evergreen trees and plants retain their leaves or needles throughout the year, unlike deciduous trees that shed their leaves annually.
What do you call trees that lose their leaves annually?
We say they are deciduous. The opposite is evergreen.
What is the opposite of deciduous?
The opposite of deciduous is perennial. Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually, while perennial plants live for more than two years and do not shed their leaves in the same manner.
Are evergreens also know as deciduous trees?
of course not.They are opposite.
What is the opposite of desiduous?
The opposite of deciduous is evergreen. Deciduous refers to trees that drop their leaves during the winter. Evergreen trees have the same leaves all year long. Learnt that in first grade :p
What is the opposite of evergreen?
With reference to trees, the opposite to evergreen would be deciduous.Otherwise, evergreen usually means timeless classic - so modern would be the opposite.
What conifers is not an ever green?
The Larch tree (Larix) is a conifer that is not evergreen. It is a deciduous conifer, meaning it sheds its needles in the fall.
Is an American elm coniferous or deciduous?
Sycamores including Platanus occidentalis are deciduous. The opposite of deciduous is "evergreen" and while most coniferous trees (pines, spruces, and firs) are evergreen, some (e.g. bald cypress, larch) are deciduous.
What is the opposite of a evergreen tree?
Evergreen trees keep their leaves/needles over the winter months. Deciduous trees lose their leaves during the winter months.
Is it deciduous or coniferous?
A Tamarack is deciduous.
Is an apple tree opposite or alternate?
The leaves on an apple tree are alternately arranged on the branch, deciduous, simple, serrated, and unlobed ( no lobes).
What is deciduous plant?
A deciduous tree sheds all of its leaves, or in some cases needles, when cold weather prevents the tree from making food.And animals eat the leaves or nedles
