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Why when it's getting ready to rain do leaves on a Maple tree turn and not on an Oak?
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- dderatLv 42 decades agoFavorite Answer
Sometimes leaves turn up as a result of the updrafts that preceed a rain. Maybe maple leaves catch more wind.
- Anonymous2 decades ago
maple leaves are larger and catch the wind flow as do poplars.
- 2 decades ago
some experts believe that the tree absorbs moisture better from the underside of the leaf.
- 2 decades ago
My guess is that they are two different species, with different ways of adapting and obtaining its needs for survival.
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