Semi-deciduous
Plants that lose their foliage for a short time
Semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen is a botanical term which refers to plants that lose their foliage for a very short period, when old leaves fall off and new foliage growth is starting. This phenomenon occurs in tropical and sub-tropical woody species, for example in Dipteryx odorata.[1] Semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen may also describe some trees, bushes or plants that normally only lose part of their foliage in autumn/winter or during the dry season, but might lose all their leaves in a manner similar to deciduous trees in an especially cold autumn/winter or severe dry season (drought).[2]
See also
- Brevideciduous
- Evergreen
- Marcescence
- Hedera
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Phytogeography: Vegetation classification
- Forests, woodlands, arboretum
- Shrublands, heath, scrubs, thickets, fruticetum
- Dwarf-shrubland, subshrublands, dwarf-scrubs, suffruticetum
- Herbaceous communities, grasslands, steppes, prairies, herbetum
- Savannas, parklands
- Scarcely vegetated areas, desert vegetation (Desert, Barren vegetation)
regime
- Loss of leaves
- Leaf hardness
- Sclerophyll, stiff leaves
- Orthophyll, hyptiophyll leaves
- Leaf form
- Aciculifolious, needle-leaved
- Latifolious, broad-leaved
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