Stern's Introductory Plant Biology
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ISBN: 9781259682742
Author: James Bidlack, Shelley Jansky, Kingsley R Stern
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The reason for leaves turning in different colors in the fall.
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A leaf refers to an organ of a vascular plant and is the prime lateral stem appendage. The stem and leaves in combination produce the shoot. The leaves in combination are considered as foliage, as in autumn foliage. A leaf is a dorsoventrally, thin and flattened organ, generally, originate above the ground and is specified for the process of photosynthesis.
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