That’s a great question! Most juvenile beeches in our area don’t drop while most mature do. No rhyme or reason that I know of. Gonna hafta look into it.
Cory, yes, “the dead do not shed”🤣. I recall the time that the red maple I was trimming still had leaves on its broken branches while the rest of the tree was barren. Twas an eye opening experience into the nature of leaf drop
Interesting information. We’ve all observed this many times. In our area, young beech’s especially and sometimes white oaks do this. I was unaware that the behavior had a name. But, all behaviors have a name so…….
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