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Name: Raemond
Status: student
Grade: 9-12
Location: VA
Country: N/A
Date: 8/17/2005
Question:
Pound for pound, do pine needles vs. other kinds of leaves put out the same amount of oxygen? Deciduous vs. evergreen?

Replies:
Possibly helpful:

http://www.nef1.org/ea/koolkids/lesson4-s.html

http://www.utoronto.ca/env/jah/ace/C61_lc03.htm

Generally in temperate forests, deciduous trees might be expected to have higher rates of photosynthesis than needle-bearing evergreen trees. However, the situation might be expected to be the reverse in tropical forests where the evergreens are often broad-leaved.

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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