Do pine trees hibernate throughout the winter season?

Pine trees are living things, but they do not have an active intelligence and they are more like programmed machines. So when you say hibernate, the answer is yes, and no. read more

It saves a lot of energy to stall growth during the winter, and during the winter, the tree isn't making any new food for energy. It's similar to hibernation, since most animals who hibernate store food as fat, and then use it to run their essential systems during the winter, rather than grow any more. read more

Pine needles absorb their nutrients such that of animals who hibernate in the winter. Pine needles do change color and fall off. It's just that it is not done in the way deciduous trees do. read more