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Leaf scar

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Bundle scars are circular or barred regions within the leaf scar where bundles of vascular tissue that had connected the leaf and the stem broke off. The number of bundle scars in a leaf scar is sometimes used as an identifying mark as they are often consistent across a species.
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layer acts as a point of cleavage and the leaf breaks off leaving a cleanly shaped wound that is quickly healed over with protective cork.
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plants when a layer of cells called the abscissa layer forms between the petiole and stem. The
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Leaf scars are formed naturally, often at the end of the growing season for
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after it falls off the twig. It marks the site where the
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may also leave their own scars if they are present.
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Leaf scars
leaf
petiole
stem
axillary buds
photo
Ailanthus altissima
deciduous
abscission
Stipules
photo
Aesculus hippocastanum
Scar
Scarred tree
"Winter twigs"
ISBN
0-87563-344-7
cite book
link
Stub icon
plant morphology
stub
expanding it
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Categories
Plant morphology
Plant morphology stubs

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