Thursday, December 18, 2008

Undecided

I saw this bush and noticed that many of the leaves were still partially green. This particular leaf had been covered on both ends by other leaves, but I'm not sure how that would influence the color of the leaf. Any ideas?

1 comment:

Phillip said...

Natalie,

My initial guess would be that the different levels of exposure to the sun (caused by the two ends of the leaf being shaded by other leaves) is what caused the change in color, but I could be wrong.

A quick Google search pulled up the following link (it's a pretty informative article): http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/7078.htm

P