Even if it is still green?
2006-12-28 20:10:03 · 4 answers · asked by Girl Goes Back To The Future 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Yes, in forestry and aboriculural sciences, even a tree is considered dead from the moment it is cut down. A leaf seperated from a plant is therefore at that moment considered dead. A cut leaf will not grow, reproduce, or transfer sugars to its host plant, since it no longer performs its life functions, it is dead.
2006-12-29 06:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes a leaf is dead when it falls off a tree branch.
All its METABOLIC activities gradually come to stand still.
It is then attacked by microorganism and it begins to decay like
any animal body.
2006-12-31 09:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's life processes are still going on but being separated from a source of water and minerals, it will die in short order.
2006-12-29 04:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most probably not ,traces of life still contains in it
2006-12-29 06:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by genius sonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋