Why do leaves change color in the fall?
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The Chemical Effects of Chlorophyll Production
i read briefly that some trees will hold on to its dead leaves until the new ones come. I did read that briefly. But i do remember reading something like that in all my sources. So somewhere in one of these ces it did talk about that, but it's going to be hard for me to mind that again. Let me try to rap my sort of response explanation up in a bow. We've got chlorophyl production. Goes down, we start seeing the carcarotonoids and flavenoids. They are already there, and they absorb light in a different region and reflect different colors. And at the same time, depending on the conditions, the plant may be trying
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