It would be hard to beat a tamarac. Also known as American larch, Tamarac, Hackmetack, Black larch.
These are pines, but lose their needles for half the year.
A pine tree does not drop it's needles as a deciduous tree does but as the needle reach maturity they will drop throughout the year.
No, Pine Trees have pine needles, not leaves
Yes - the 'needles' of pine trees are their actual leaves.
No, pine trees do not have leaves. They have pine needles that have a waxy coat on them. People refer to them as pine leaves sometimes, but that isn't what they are.
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A Christmas tree is an evergreen that keeps its green needles all year round. A maple tree is deciduous. It loses its leaves in the autumn and is naked all winter, growing new leaves in the spring.
Pine needles, insects, wild life etc.
Yes.
Trees lose water through transpiration (the passing of water vapor to the atmosphere). Pine needles are waxy, have a small surface area and have a groove in which the stomata are located. These features reduce transpiration.
Softwood trees like pine which have spiky needles.
Pine trees themselves can be identified because they are the only trees that have bundled needles: groups of needles wrapped firmly together at one end. Most olny have up to seven needles in a bundle!
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Pine is a soft wood. Generally speaking, Trees with leaves are hardwood, Trees with needles are softwood.