Do Pine Tree's Give Off Oxygen in the winter? Or do they Shut down just like the leaf trees?
2006-11-21 11:06:02 · 3 answers · asked by nessa.baby 1 in Environment
Yes, pines can photosynthesize during the winter and emit oxygen as a byproduct.
Conifers can photosynthesize because they actually protect the cells in the needles from frost damage by making their version of antifreeze. Some of the scents that conifers emit are due to the mixture of organic compounds that make up the sap that helps protect the photosynthetic machinery from sub-freezing temperatures.
2006-11-23 07:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by MAK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pine Trees will give off Oxygen in the winter months if the temperature goes above 40F: But Pines grow slower than leaf trees so they give off less Oxygen than the faster growing trees do. The faster a tree grows is in direct relationship to the amount of Oxygen it will give off>< so Pines are not as good an Oxygen producer as leafed trees are: BUT THEY DO HELP!
2006-11-21 11:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by zipper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plants give off oxygen as a bi product of photosynthesis.Any plant as long as it is green it prepares food by photosynthesis and releases oxygen
This applies to pine trees also
2006-11-21 11:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by red rose 5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋