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In the spring, deciduous trees add huge amounts of foliage very quickly. How do they suddenly produce this? They must be drawing on stored material and energy, but where are these stores?

In the spring, deciduous trees add huge amounts of foliage very quickly. How do they suddenly produce this? They must be drawing on stored material and energy, but where are these stores?

Howard Bobry, Nehalem, Oregon, US

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