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Winter And Some Trees Still Have Leaves
This afternoon’s sun, lighting up the marcescent leaves of an American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). Trees that have marcescent leaves are trees that keep their leaves until spring when new leaves begin to grow and push the old leaves off and to the ground. It is still uncertain why this happens. There are thoughts though, including…
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Accent Color For Winter
A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), with marcescent leaves of White Oak (Quercus alba). The winter landscape (Feb 21, 2015) with its perfect accent color, scarlet. _____________________________________________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts, sign up here!