Broad-leaved tree that sheds all its leaves during one season.
Deciduous forests are found in three middle-latitude regions with a temperate climate characterized by a winter season and year-round precipitation: eastern North America, western Eurasia, and northeastern Asia. They also extend into more arid regions along stream banks and around bodies of water. Oaks , beeches , birches , chestnuts , aspens , elms , maples , and basswoods (or lindens ) are the dominant trees in mid-latitude deciduous forests. Other plants that shed their leaves seasonally may also be called deciduous. See also conifer , evergreen .