tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post3048557126556222229..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Arrested Development: Why does JCP&L Hate Trees?Gail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-19815601465112924072010-04-29T21:42:39.461-04:002010-04-29T21:42:39.461-04:00oh yes. What I realized today after I put up this...oh yes. What I realized today after I put up this post is that one reason the trees look so oddly colored is their leaves are transparent. sunlight goes through them, they have little pigment (chlorophyll). It makes for a quite sparkly but terrifying spectacle. Wait till we get a major heatwave this summer. They will all fry. This afternoon I did a quick inventory and in 5 minutes found leaves already on the ground from: 2 types of maples, 2 types of oak, tulip poplar, linden, and tupolo. There weren't any from sycamore, ash, black walnut and beech, because they are still in the bud stage.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-86474429293674658542010-04-29T21:17:40.781-04:002010-04-29T21:17:40.781-04:00I noticed this afternoon leaves of the big oak cut...I noticed this afternoon leaves of the big oak cut yesterday, which were found on branches their tree shredder had missed. These one-day dead leaves were completely shriveled with no substance, almost tissue paper. Someone needs to start weighing leaves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com