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225 months ago

Maria Bermudez (a guest user) asked this question:

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225 months ago

   wrote:

oaks with marcescent leaves

My comment:

Be careful as "marcescent" is a juvenile characteristic of some trees. It is the retention of dead plant organs that normally are shed.

My references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcescence

www.mortonarboretumphc.org/.../Plant%20Physiology/When%20Oak%20Leaves%20Fail%20to%20Fall%20May%202005.pdf

225 months ago

   wrote:

oaks with marcescent leaves

My comment:

Be careful as "marcescent" is a juvenile characteristic of some trees. It is the retention of dead plant organs that normally are shed.

My references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcescence

www.mortonarboretumphc.org/.../Plant%20Physiology/When%20Oak%20Leaves%20Fail%20to%20Fall%20May%202005.pdf

225 months ago

   wrote:

withering, wasting away,

My comment:

This is a common expression among serious landscape-gardeners .

225 months ago

   wrote:

marcescent

My comment:

..oak

225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

marcescent

My comment:

..oak

225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

marcescent oak trees

My references:

www.babylon.com/definition/marescente/English-14-Supplemental Result-

225 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

marcescent oak

My comment:

See this link:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:lx7L7oqbi48J:www.gis.net/~andyk/essay.htm+quercus+caducifolias+oak&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

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