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From: mik@siemens.UUCP (Michael Rissman)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Leaves on oak trees
Message-ID: <171@siemens.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 17:03:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 16 17:03:43 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 04:06:05 EST
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Oak trees do not shed their leaves until the Spring.  What is the reason
oaks evolved that behavior?  How does shedding in the Spring, or not
shedding in the Fall, benefit an individual oak?