Resource Number: 17203
Title: Tree anatomy: Leaf structure & function
Description: One of the primary visual keys to tree life and identification are leaves. Leaves provide clues to species, health, and history. Leaves are the workhouses of trees, turning an invisible gas in the air and soil water into carbohydrates using a few essential elements and a sunlight energy source. The term photosynthesis, making life-stuff powered by light, represents the power for 98% of all life on Earth, and demonstrates how tree forms have been sustained over 420 million years. Leaves are the wet cauldrons within which photosynthesis and its associated sustaining processes are contained.
Last Updated: October 3, 2022
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Domain(s)/Area(S):
- Trees
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| tree anatomy |