Dead tree may refer to:
- Forestry and ecology
- Coarse woody debris, fallen dead trees and the remains of large branches on the ground in forests.
- Large woody debris, logs, branches, and other wood that falls into streams and rivers.
- Snag, a standing, partly or completely dead tree; also trees, branches and other pieces of naturally occurring wood found in a sunken form in rivers and streams.
- Printing
- Book, also called "dead tree edition" or "dead tree book" (humorously)
- Hard copy, the print version (humorously)
Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or tree:
“The pangs of conscience, where are the pangs of conscience? Orestes and Clytemnestra, Reinhold doesn’t even know the names of those fine folk. He simply hopes, heartily and sincerely, that Franz is dead as a doornail and won’t be found.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
“A pinecone does not fall far from the tree trunk.”
—Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)