This is simply a list of examples of deciduous trees, there are many more types of deciduous trees. White oak gets its name from the color of the wood when finished, which is a pale and ashen color. White oaks are long-lived trees and can live up to 300 years. They are found throughout much of the eastern United States, yet they only grow as far north as southern Maine and as far south as the Florida Panhandle.
White poplar is native to Europe and North Africa, however, it has since been introduced to the United States, where it grows in 43 of the 50 states. It has done amazingly well as an invasive species and, for this reason, has been banned in the state of Connecticut. It is able to hybridize with the common aspen, creating the gray poplar. The common hackberry is a medium-sized tree that grows 30 to 50 feet tall.
They are distributed throughout much of the Midwest and grow as far north as southern New England and as far south as South Carolina. Hackberry trees produce small berries that are eaten by many species of birds and small mammals. Some of the most popular varieties of deciduous trees include birches, maples, locusts, and oaks. Deciduous trees in temperate forests lose their leaves in the fall and grow them again in the spring.
As for deciduous trees in tropical and subtropical forests, they lose their foliage in the dry season and then grow their leaves again in the rainy season. Therefore, leaf fall in temperate deciduous forest is a response to seasonal temperature variations, while leaf fall in tropical and subtropical deciduous forests is a response to seasonal rainfall patterns. You can also tell if a tree is deciduous because it will be round instead of having the shape of a cone, the reverse of an evergreen tree. The reason deciduous trees lose their leaves is to conserve energy and go into a state of dormancy when there is little sunlight during winter or drought.
However, the leaves of all deciduous trees change color before they fall and take on multicolored shades of red, yellow and orange or shades of yellow, gold and brown. Consider which of these trees you can now identify as a deciduous tree based on the information you've learned. Because of its reasonably strong wood, the Kentucky coffee tree tolerates some ice without losing branches. It has shiny dark green leaves with a silver underside that shake with the slightest breeze, giving the tree a striking bicolor appearance.
Many deciduous trees, such as cherry trees, crabapples, magnolias, and dogwood trees, bloom when they have no leaves or are just beginning to grow new leaves. Because deciduous trees tend to have large, wide leaves, they are also often referred to as broad-leaved trees. Some common and well-known types of deciduous trees are the sugar maple, the American yellowwood and the weeping birch. They are distributed throughout the Great Plains and the Midwest, however, these trees are rarely found in natural environments.
One of the best deciduous vines to grow is the Arctic kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'), which has tricolor leaves in spring (pink, white and green). Black oaks share much of their distribution with white oak, however, they don't tend to grow as far north as white oaks. The American liquidambar is one of the most common hardwood trees in its distribution in the southeastern United States. Based on the information you collected during your research, create a scrapbook about the tree you selected.
If you've never heard of this tree, you may have seen it, as it's one of the most common and widespread trees in the United States...
