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[42itous]

What kind of tree do these leaves come from? And why does it make these wonderful patterns?

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[macfrode.livejournal.com]

Looks like the leaves we had on the pear tree before our landlords cut it down. No idea why it has those patterns but our pear had those too which is why I think that might be what it is.

[aliothsan.livejournal.com]

aspen??

[mercurysparkle.livejournal.com]

Definitely a flowering pear tree. :-) They have beautiful white flowers in the spring and great color in the fall.

[gilana]

Evidence that Mandelbrot made it to heaven?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Yes! I love that theory.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! You are the expert for all my tree questions.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the leading candidate, but I still can't find photos of leaves like these online.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm really glad you got a photo to keep for ever. Those leaves are amazing.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

RIP

[42itous.livejournal.com]

A couple of years ago, I happened to see some particularly beautiful leaves like these on the sidewalk outside a UPS Store where they were having a sale on color photocopying. So I picked up several handfuls of them and asked the [very tolerant] guy behind the counter to just lay them in the copier however they best fit, and he made three pages of beautiful copies for me.