Leaf shape can vary considerably. The most common shapes include oval, truncate, elliptical, lanceolate, and linear. Leaf tips and bases may also be unique, with names based on their shapes.

Oak leaf pocket gall shows up on the underside of a leaf as long, raised areas that follow the leaf veins and distort the leaves. Right now, the galls are soft and green but will eventually harden ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A live edge top with leaf inlays for joinery sits on a root wad base. Mother Nature cast her spell on artist Matt Faupel when ...

Nature’s seasonal cycle offers countless marvels, and the shape and descent of leaves are among them. The way leaves flutter down might appear random, but new findings suggest a more structured ...

Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually, losing around 40 percent of the carbon they have assimilated, and substantial amounts of nutrients in the process. But they do not have to be lost ...

Most leaves fell quickly, — even lobed oak leaves — within 10 percent of the speed of the fastest possible shape (a circle, which fell in their tank at 1.37 centimeters per second), while the ...

It grows to 25 to 30 feet tall with vase-shaped branching, but early botanists noted that variations were found in nature in growth forms, heights, leaf shapes and sizes, and even leaf colors.

A leaf-shaped arrowhead from the early Neolithic period was found with its tip still intact, a rare find suggesting it likely wasn’t used.

Prune plant to manage its shape My Schefflera elegantissima has two different types of leaves. Are the ones on top the mature leaves? Also, I intend to repot this plant into the ground. How tall ...

"We found that this CUC1-dependent switch instructs cell growth to take place in a specific pattern, which in the hairy bittercress allows its complex leaf shape to develop," explain researchers ...