Submitted by Team_Ed t3_y0gfat in askscience
Krail t1_irsyyvq wrote
Reply to comment by Not_Leopard_Seal in Is there an evolutionary reason behind deciduous trees’ vibrant fall colours? by Team_Ed
So, to summarize, there's a wide variety of different chemicals plants use for photosynthesis that all look different colors to us, and we just see the reds and yellows because plants are sucking up chlorophyl to store in wood for winter?
And then late leaves look brown because the leaves lose these other chemicals? Do they also store these other chemicals in their trunks over winter?
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