Weather Tidbits: Facts About Leaves

This edition of Weather Tidbits will be discussing some facts about leaves. Autumn is the time of year for focusing on leaves, and there are many interacting features about leaves that not many people may think about. Have you ever thought about how many leaves are on a mature tree a happen to look at, perhaps at a park? Well, the average number of leaves on a mature tree can approach up to 200,000 leaves. Leaves are very light, and it takes a lot of leaves to feel any noticeable weight. The amount of dry leaves needed to accumulate a weight of one pound is 360 dry leaves. One mature tree can hold up to 550 pounds of leaves. Though moisture can make the leaves heavier. In fact, wet leaves can multiply the weight by as much a four times the normal weight of dry leaves.