LEAF PEEPING
Trees With Red Leaf Color
Red is produced by warm, sunny fall days and cool fall nights.
Leftover food in the leaf is transformed into red or anthocyanin
pigments. These red pigments also color cranberries, red
apples, blueberries, cherries, strawberries, and plums.
Trees With Yellow and Orange Leaf Color
Chlorophyll is destroyed with the onset of autumnal conditions. This
demise of green pigment unmasks the orange and yellow leaf colors,
or carotenoid pigments. Deep orange is a combining of the red and
yellow color making process. These yellow and orange pigments
also color carrots, corn, canaries, and daffodils, as well as egg yolks,
rutabagas, buttercups, and bananas.
To learn more about the identify of trees this fall, visit
https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/.
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