Question

Why do broadleaf evergreen forest have medium sized trees with small leathery leaves?​

Answer 1

The leaves of evergreens usually are thicker and more leathery than those of deciduous trees (those that shed their leaves in autumn or in the tropical dry season) and often are needlelike or scalelike in cone-bearing trees. A leaf may remain on an evergreen tree for two years or longer and may fall during any season.

Answer 2

Broad leaf evergreen forest have medium sized trees with small leathery leaves

Explanation:

• Temperate evergreen forests also known as Mediterranean forests  have warm wet winters and hot dry summers, along with with precipitation usually spread all throughout the year. There are broad leaved evergreen trees and these forests are not dense
• Hence, trees found here are that which can protect themselves against mositure loss during summer.Trees are lower in height, have thick barks, deep roots, and small leathery/waxy leaves  so as to  adapt to the summer drought