Deciduous in deer, deciduous teeth (baby teeth) in some mammals (including humans); or decidua, the uterine lining that sheds off after birth. Wood from deciduous trees is used in a variety of ways in several industries including lumber for furniture, construction and flooring (oak), ornamental, bowling pins and baseball bats (maple) and furniture, cabinets, plywood and paneling (birch). In botany and horticulture, deciduous plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, are those that lose all of their leaves for part of the year. This process is called abscission. In some cases leaf loss coincides with winter—namely in temperate or polar climates.
Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests The Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests is a mostly arid ecoregion in northwestern India that stretches over across Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The dry deciduous forests in the region are dominated by teak, and thorny trees and scrub in drier areas. The Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests include the Aravalli Range, the high point of which is Mount Abu with an elevation of , and a small part of the Northwestern thorn scrub forest in the west. Protected areas cover in this ecoregion, and include: In the west is the Kathiawar Peninsula and the strip of western