Broad-leaved tree

<h2 id="tree-types">Tree types</h2>
Two general types of <a href="/facts/Woody_plant/xXCI9yys">woody</a> trees<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Gymnosperm/lzcpfbUK">Gymnosperms</a> (seed plants not flowering)</th><th><a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">Angiosperms</a> (flowering seed plants)</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Coniferous/vDUgqxCx">Coniferous</a> (females bearing ovulate <a href="/facts/Conifer_cone/rqHh3fVu">cones</a> that release unenclosed seeds at maturity)</td><td><a href="/facts/Fruit/PBpuzk60">Fruit</a>-bearing (enclosing seeds within)</td></tr><tr><td>Usually <a href="/facts/Evergreen/bcLptUdV">evergreen</a> (gradually shedding foliage, green foliage throughout year)</td><td>Usually <a href="/facts/Deciduous/7jQHVtdd">deciduous</a> (seasonally shedding all foliage, no foliage for part of year)</td></tr><tr><td>Known as <a href="/facts/Softwood/wnwmPJU0">softwoods</a> (nonporous, wood typically lighter & softer)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>Known as <a href="/facts/Hardwood/KQT6MN8W">hardwoods</a> (wood structure porous & more complex, wood generally harder)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Usually needle-like or scale-like leaves</td><td>Broad leaves</td></tr><tr><td>Examples: <a href="/facts/Fir/cLIr9mep">firs</a>, <a href="/facts/Spruce/P1jQLaAY">spruces</a>, <a href="/facts/Pine/HvMa9uc1">pines</a></td><td>Examples: <a href="/facts/Hickory/wSpADscb">hickories</a>, <a href="/facts/Maple/xCgQIY4z">maples</a>, <a href="/facts/Oak/1NJJzkzB">oaks</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Trees portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Leaf/1m6wCNTg">Leaf</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Temperate_broadleaf_and_mixed_forests/GPYCvPBL">Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mixed_coniferous_forest/CkhpRGLQ">Mixed coniferous forest</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tropical_and_subtropical_dry_broadleaf_forests/o88ufPT5">Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://cmg.extension.colostate.edu/Gardennotes/173.pdf">Identifying Broadleaf Trees and Shrubs.</a> CMG Garden Notes. Colorado State University Extension.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Dichotomous Key. Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest. College of Forestry, Oregon State University. <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/trees/dichotomous_key/" target="_blank">http://oregonstate.edu/trees/dichotomous_key/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Broadleaved Trees: Unsung Component of British Columbia's Forests. University of British Columbia. <a href="https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/bro/bro50.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/bro/bro50.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Lee, S. and A. Raflo. Trees and Water. Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Virginia Tech. <a href="http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/Treeswater/Part1.html" target="_blank">http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/Treeswater/Part1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Why do larches turn yellow? U.S. Department of Agriculture <a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Lee, S. and A. Raflo. Trees and Water. Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Virginia Tech. <a href="http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/Treeswater/Part1.html" target="_blank">http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/Treeswater/Part1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wood Handbook—Wood as an Engineering Material Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, General Technical Report series, № FPL‑GTR‑190, Centennial ed. (Madison, Wis.: USDA Forest Service, FPL, 2010‑04), p. 2‑2. <a href="https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr190.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr190.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wood Handbook—Wood as an Engineering Material Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, General Technical Report series, № FPL‑GTR‑190, Centennial ed. (Madison, Wis.: USDA Forest Service, FPL, 2010‑04), p. 2‑2. <a href="https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr190.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr190.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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