General Discussion & Chat: Refuge for the travelers, Jim Kassy Lynnie Metro Ican Rachel, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
Hey Kassy!

Yes Flowers, please call me Dave, most folks do. How do you refer to yourself?

Thanks for the comments folks; show us the native forest in your area!

Koa trees start out with bipinnate leaves like many other common Legume trees. As they mature they lose the true leaves and the petiole expands acting as a leaf. This gives the tree the ability to photosynthesize and yet hold up to high winds, battering rainfall, and other factors that they must deal with in their pristine, but often harsh environment.

Here is a young plant trying out its' petioles!