A 17-year experiment in Panama revealed that the process of leaves falling and decomposing on the ground provides nutrients to the soil that help promote tree growth in otherwise infertile tropical ...
International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 168, No. 5 (June 2007), pp. 555-562 (8 pages) The objective of this study was to investigate patterns of surface features of leaves related to ...
A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...