#leaf formation

There are many things in this marvelous world of ours that we sometimes take for granted. One of them, I think, is the miraculous appearance of new leaves each year on temperate trees. New sycamore leaves 9 MayPhoto by Raymond JC Cannon Aliens, might arrive here on planet Earth and be amazed at the regenerative ability of plants: Their plasticity, and capacity to regrow, reform, replenish and…