Silver maple autumn leaf Frame:Oak and is therefore a perfect

and is therefore a perfect colour for spring

grass-like foliage

a precursor to insulin

This is his happy face

Observe the tiny capillaries which are part of a complex vascular system that starts in the roots of the tree

Silver maple autumn leaf Frame:Oak and is therefore a perfectA close up study of a Silver maple leaf. Part of a series of autumnal leaves photographed in a graphic close cropped style. Leaves scatter themselves beneath our feet every year as part of nature's cycle of renewal and hibernation. In the autumn trees shed their canopy of leaves, also known as abscission, in order to help them to preserve moisture as they enter a dormant state through the winter. As the tree becomes dormant, a compound called abscisic