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Question
Differentiate between: Deciduous and coniferous vegetation
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Solution
| Deciduous vegetation | Coniferous vegetation |
| They have broad leaves | They have needle – like leaves. |
| All trees of one species shed their leaves once a year in the dry season so trees are bare for some time. | The trees do not shed their leaves in any particular season so the forests appear green at all times |
| They yield hardwood. | They yield softwood. |
| They have wide trunks with wide spread branches at the top | They have tall, slender trunks, wider at the base and tapering at the top |
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