Marcescence

[dogg57]

New word for me Marcescence

Marcescence is most obvious in deciduous trees that retain leaves through the winter. Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak (Quercus), beech (Fagus) and hornbeam (Carpinus), or marcescent stipules as in some but not all species of willows (Salix).

 

[bobpbx]

Thanks. I did not know the term, but I've always wondered why these post oaks near my house were so slow to drop the dead leaves.

 

[manumuskin]

New term for me as well/Knew of the condition but never knew a term for it.Opposite of fruit flagging

 

[GermanG]

I got me one of them forestry degrees and I never heard it either! Or perhaps I forgot it after 35 years, never having had reason to use it. Speaking mostly to English-speaking people my whole career, I got by calling them "trees that held their leaves all winter"

 

[ecampbell]

I think I'll continue to use "trees that held their leaves all winter" too.

 

[RednekF350]

I got me one of them forestry degrees and I never heard it either! Or perhaps I forgot it after 35 years, never having had reason to use it. Speaking mostly to English-speaking people my whole career, I got by calling them "trees that held their leaves all winter"

I believe you and I went to the same college German (me Cook '81) and I never heard the word either. I do however remember the pointers in dendrology field classes, since I took it in winter, that persistent leaves were discussed as a quick indicator for white oak and beech.

I noticed this alleged spring that the white oak leaves in my yard are long gone. They have been torn away by the heavy snow and high winds from the back to back Nor'easters. In a normal year, I have seen the leaves stay on until they are pushed off by the new ones.

 

[Boyd]

this alleged spring

There is considerable evidence of Marcescence on the oaks around my house. I'm always surprised by how long the dead leaves hang on. We didn't get much in the way of heavy snow down here.

 

[manumuskin]

All my white oak leaves are gone as well.Had a lot of ice and heavy snow here and trees down every where.Must have took the leaves with it.

 

[Boyd]

So you have an absence of marcescence, and I have an abundance of marcesence.

 

[RednekF350]

So you have an absence of marcescence, and I have an abundance of marcesence.

Noncesence.

 

[GermanG]

I believe you and I went to the same college German (me Cook '81) and I never heard the word either. I do however remember the pointers in dendrology field classes, since I took it in winter, that persistent leaves were discussed as a quick indicator for white oak and beech.

I noticed this alleged spring that the white oak leaves in my yard are long gone. They have been torn away by the heavy snow and high winds from the back to back Nor'easters. In a normal year, I have seen the leaves stay on until they are pushed off by the new ones.

Just a hair before me. I was '82 but I stayed a year longer after some slight curriculum tweaking. I do often miss the smell of pig in the morning. A hell of a lot better than that Squibb smell!