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Deciduous

Deciduous

(Science: botany) refers to a plant (usually a tree or shrub) that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season


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Re: Surviving cannibals

... to allow another hyenna that would feed from it to grow to the age of reproduction and breed. However, plants do exactly what you describe, and deciduous trees continuously recycle their own dead leaves, but they do it for nutrients, not energy (theirs come from light). A plant population could ...

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by DrD
Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:08 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Surviving cannibals
Replies: 3
Views: 1660

Re: Trees

... from the Guanacaste tree for which the region is named and teak trees which are farmed in the are. Many other tropical hardwoods as well as most deciduous tropical species.

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by Rodgers
Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:06 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Trees
Replies: 5
Views: 1311

What your favorite endangered species.

... Israel and Egypt. Biomes: These highly adaptive animals once inhabited a variety of biomes within North America including boreal forest, temperate deciduous forest and temperate grassland. Habitat: The forested areas of Northern Michigin, Minnesota and Wisconsin. IUCN Status: Endangered There are ...

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by harrypotter101
Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:11 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What your favorite endangered species.
Replies: 51
Views: 35412

Botany Name Game

Deciduous or evergreen?

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by brwagur
Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:36 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Botany Name Game
Replies: 6
Views: 1061

2nd Level Consumer

... must know: (1) What species are available in prairie? (2) What is pioneer species? (3) What's the characteristics of flora and fauna of eastern deciduous forest? Then you will be able to connect those three points together to enswer your question 8)

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by Dr.Stein
Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:43 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: 2nd Level Consumer
Replies: 3
Views: 4742
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