Name: Ryan
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Question:
In Eastern North America leaves turn a wide variety of
colors in the fall. However, in the west they only turn
yellow/brown. Why do we get reds and ranges of Orange in southern
Ontario and only brown in Alberta?
Replies:
Leaf color is often characteristic of the tree species (kind of tree)
as well as environmental variables.
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