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From: duhon@ihuxj.UUCP (duhon)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Leaves on oak trees
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Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 08:48:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 19 08:48:49 1984
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In northeastern Illinois some oaks keep some of their leaves until
spring. This is often the case with a mild fall. I believe this
is mostly due to callous tissue forming incompletely or more slowly
between the leaf scar (twig) and petiole. You can notice this same
"leaf holding" in many beeches (the oaks are in the beech family).