Why does your oak tree have leaves on it in the winter?

Answer 1

If the leaves are green, it may be Quercus ilex the evergreen oak.

If the leaves are dead, that is merely a quirk of many oak tress that do not drop all their dead leaves until the new leaves start in the spring.

Answer 2

they do not keep their leaves in winter, they turn yellow and brown and then fall off.

Actually, the Oak's Genus, Quercus, includes several "evergreen" species. Here's a few:

Q. virginiana (Live Oak); Q. chrysolepis (Maul Oak or Canyon Oak); Q. agrifolia (Coast Live Oak); Q. durata (Leather Oak); Q. dumosa (California Scrub Oak); Q. Engelmannii; Q. Wislizenii. Q. acuta (Japanese Evergreen Oak); Q. coccifera (Kermes Oak); Q. glauca; Q. Ilex (Helm Oak or Holly Oak); Q. myrsinaefolia; Q. phillyraeoides; Q. Suber (Cork Oak).

The Q. stands for Quercus, the genus of the true oak trees.

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Answer 3

Some oaks are evergreen. A type of tree that keeps its leaves all year round. Usually they grow in acidic soils or cold weather where nutrients are harder to come by for plants.

In general, oak trees do not drop all their dead leaves in winter. The last of them will drop off when the new leaves start in the spring.

Answer 4

Indeed they do. Oaks are deciduous.

However, you will notice that oaks do not shed all of their dead leaves until the new leaves start in the spring.

Answer 5

yes. most trees do lose their leaves in the winter (except coniferous trees)

Answer 6

Because of the air tempure and the amount of daylight