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75% of West Virginia is covered in forests.
Most of the trees there are hardwoods like, oak, poplar, maple, and elms, these trees all have wide leaves, unlike conifers like pines, spruce, cedars and junipers, which are called also evergreens.
Broad leaf trees drop their leaves in Autumn and are known as deciduous.
Most of Connecticut is covered in Forests. APRX. 60%
Most broad-leaf trees are deciduous, so they lose their leaves in autumn. As part of that process they will change colour and start to die off and fall from the trees.
most people were farmers and the land was constantly plowed
The cuticle layer of leaf cells is covered in wax. Wax helps to protect the leaf from excess water loss and damage from environmental factors such as UV light. It also gives leaves a glossy appearance.
Yes. Most swamps and flooded forests in Mexico are found along the Gulf of Mexico coast. One example is the Pantanos de Centla natural reserve, which is composed by subtropical broad-leaf forests and wetlands. Such reserve is in southeastern Mexico, on the delta of the Grijalva and Usumacinta rivers (see related links for a map).
2, 4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) is an effective broad-leaf herbicide. It will kill broad-leaf trees if applied to the foliage. I've noticed that it is not completely harmless to most conifers. You can read more at the link below.
Most crops cannot be grown in forests, so the forests had to be cut down in order to grow enough food for Pennsylvania's growing population
Alaska has the most vegetation by area in the United States, with a significant portion of its land covered in forests, tundra, and other types of vegetation.
The New Zealand forest is composed of evergreen trees (with a couple of exceptions). And most are broad-leaf (flowering).