drop needles
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For a pine tree to shed its leaves (needles).
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- Pine trees often drop their needles in autumn.
- The Christmas tree started to drop its needles after a week indoors.
- You can tell a tree is unhealthy if it begins to drop its needles prematurely.
- Some conifer species drop their needles all year round.
- My dog loves to play in the fallen needles that the trees have dropped.
- The dry weather made the fir trees drop their needles rapidly.
- Don't worry, it's normal for a pine to drop some needles.
- The forest floor was covered in brown needles where the trees had dropped them.
- If your bonsai starts to drop its needles, it might need more water.
- The severe winter caused many evergreens to drop their needles.