So that means the red, yellow and brown hues are the leaves’ natural colors, rather than green. Here’s why ... produced in the leaves that influence autumn colors: While leaves are growing ...

We’re not about four seasons, we’re about water and drought and heat and fire.”But why do the fagus and other plants colour ...

Every autumn ... the leaves have served as factories where most of the foods necessary for the tree's growth are manufactured. This food-making process takes place in the leaf in numerous cells ...

It’s autumn ... green chlorophyll is removed, which reveals hidden colours in the leaves. The first colours to appear are yellow, then they turn clear too, revealing the gorgeous red-brown ...

The trees stop making the green chemical called chlorophyll that captures the sunlight, and the yellow, brown ... the autumn they wriggle up from the ground into the piles of damp autumn leaves.