Resource Number: 17082
Title: Tree Nitrogen Content & Growth
Description: Nitrogen stress and deficiency in trees can initiate early senescence and abscission of leaves. This process remobilizes nitrogen compounds within tissues to be shed and pulls nitrogen back into twig, branch, and stem areas behind shed leaves. Approximately 60% of nitrogen in a tree is remobilized and reallocated on an annual basis. The internal living environment of a tree carefully stores and uses nitrogen materials. Nitrogen, for the most part, remains portable and transportable to where needs are greatest and conservation most sure. Nitrogen is a valuable prize for a tree, once captured it is carefully protected from loss.
Last Updated: July 7, 2021
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- Arboriculture
- Trees
- Urban Ecology
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