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Name: Louise
Status: educator
Grade: 6-8
Location: DC
Country: USA

Question: I understand the adaptations evergreen trees make to
colder, drier climates, but why do evergreen flourish in warmer,
wetter environments? And what adaptations do the more tropical types
make to their habitats?
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The following should be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_dry_broadleaf_forests

http://www.ehow.com/about_6383200_do-evergreens-keep-leaves_.html



Anthony R. Brach, PhD
Harvard University Herbaria c/o 
Missouri Botanical Garden

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