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by **rebapuck** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:36 am

I have a tree in my backyard that partially screens me from a busy driveway. I don't really care what kind it is. What I want to know is the type.

What do you call a deciduous tree that holds it's dead leaves through the winter and drops them in the spring? That's the type I want.

by **steve smoot** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:20 pm

Well, a Beech holds on to it's leaves till Spring, but then again so do some Oaks. :thinking:

Can you snap a close up picture for us?

http://s26.photobucket.com/user/len1907 · by **len19070** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:22 pm

I have a Pin Oak that won't shed its leaves untill the new ones come in in the Spring.

It grows very fast.

Happy Trails

Len

by **Barefoot** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:02 pm

Oaks in NC, at least in the mountains, hold leaves until spring, but it's hard to see in the woods until they do fall, then you can suddenly see through the trees. In Florida live oaks (not really oaks) do the same and it's very ovious.

by **rebapuck** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:35 pm

My tree book is packed away somewhere, but as I recall, the leaves looked like American Elm. I would like to plant a variety of the leaf-holding types.

by **caseydog** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:48 pm

That also sounds like a Live Oak. They stay green throughout the winter, and drop leaves in the spring as new growth kicks in.

CD

by **rebapuck** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:49 pm

I need something that will screen in my lifetime!!

by **caseydog** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:49 pm

rebapuck wrote:My tree book is packed away somewhere, but as I recall, the leaves looked like American Elm. I would like to plant a variety of the leaf-holding types.

Ooops, I missed the "dead" part in your first post. :oops:

However, if Live Oaks grow in your area, they make outstanding privacy trees.

CD

by **rebapuck** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:00 pm

I don't think they do, but I think they would also be too big (eventually).

by **steve smoot** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:38 pm

the wife says they are beech trees. That was my guess, but I ask for her confirmation. The leaves stay on the tree till Spring and they rattle in the Winter winds. :thumbsup:

by **rebapuck** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:09 pm

Thanks, but what is that type called? That holds it's leaves.

by **madjack** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:16 am

...that's a Beech tree you have there...Pin Oaks and Live Oaks do the same thing...I don't know IF there is a certain "name" for trees which do this or if it just a characteristic of some species.........
madjack

by **Fenlason** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:02 am

I am with MadJack on this.
My understanding is that there are coniferous trees [or evergreen], and deciduous that lost their leaves.

I did google deciduous trees, and they said that deciduous trees loose their leaves at some point in the year. Some of it is climate dependent. Up here most lose there leave at the approach of winter. In some climates it would be during their dry season. For other trees it was after fruit maturity.

I could not find any info talking about a specific name for trees that lose their leaves in the spring.

by **starleen2** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:02 am

We have a live Oak in the front yard - they are great trees until they drop about a bizillion little acorns on your yard. We now have some very plump grey squirrels lounging around! :shock:

by **chorizon** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:12 am

rebapuck wrote:Thanks, but what is that type called? That holds it's leaves.

"Semi-Deciduous" or "Semi-Evergreen" whichever seems more applicable to the type of tree.

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