deciduous.
Mistletoe can grow on both coniferous and deciduous trees. It is a parasitic plant that attaches itself to a host tree's branches and takes nutrients from the host tree.
deciduous trees, and conifers
Conifers are evergreens, pine trees. They are found wherever trees grow in general, but further north (or south) than deciduous trees can grow.
deciduous
Most deciduous trees are angiosperms (flowering plants) and also called "broad leaf" trees, in comparison to the needles on conifers. There are, however, some deciduous conifers, such as the larch and tamarack.
This question cannot be answered easily as deciduous tree are not all conifers and some conifers are deciduous. Should the question be what do evergreens do that deciduous trees don't? If that is the case, drop their leaves in autumn is the answer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous Deciduous conifers: Gingko, Cypress, larch, the tamarack
Deciduous trees lose their leaves each year without the stem dying back to the ground. Deciduous trees are generally considered to be broad-leaf trees (as opposed to conifers with needles), but larches and tamaracks are deciduous conifers.
The Lodgepole Pine [Pinus latifolia] is a Conifer. It is also an Evergreen. Some Conifers are deciduous so it is confusing to use deciduous and coniferous as comparisons.
deciduous sheds and coniferous doesnt Conifers bear cones that carry their seed. Deciduous trees shed their leaves in winter. Not all conifers are evergreen. Some deciduous trees bear cones.
Diospyros kaki, the Chinese persimmon is deciduous. Diospyros virgineana the North American persimmon is deciduous. None of the persimmons are conifers.
Conifers have leaves but not flowers. The leaves are called needles, they do not look like leaves from deciduous trees.