Why do the leaves in New England change colors? where leaves in other parts of the country just?

Question

turn brown and fall off the trees? I've heard all the stuff about trees not gettting enough oxygen, but what I want to know is why some leaves turn colors or red, orange, green, ect and some don't?

Answer 1

i live in michigan and the leaves change colors im pretty sure its just not in NE but heres an explanation:

During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest, and live off the food they stored during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors. Small amounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. We just can't see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.

The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in the fall. In some trees, like maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn cause the leaves turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.