Aha!!! Lammas leaves or Lammas growth refers to a second crop of leaves produced in high summer by deciduous trees in temperate countries to replace those lost to insect damage. They often differ slightly in shape, texture and/or hairiness from the earlier leaves.
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Galehouse To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:47 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: early Fall foliage Tupelos changing here in NE Ohio, due to drought. Oaks still in lammas mode. Steve On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: Barry, There aren't any trees changing here yet, not even the black gums, but curiously a couple individual branches on some of my red maples are now bright red with fall colors. Everything else is green. Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
