I'm just near Birmingham Alabama in one of the national forests. Everything is down leaf-wise but there's this one red maple actually I see one more that are green and abundant with chlorophyll. Why is this?
It likely sprouted thinking it was spring or summer, I don't think it'll survive the winter without an established root system.
It's part of the tree behind it. Weird stuff.
The leaves on my raspberry bushes are still green, and on the plants. I also have a birch that didn't drop the leaves yet, along with half of the trees around me. They should have all been gone by October-November.
Are the remaining green shoots on the South side of the tree? It could a micro-climate issue. Perhaps it is near a body of water or large rock that has a high thermal mass, meaning that it takes longer to cool down or is somehow protected from the cold.
Or maybe the tree is just doing its own thing. I have a fair few deciduous trees in my yard, even within the same species the times that they will turn vary by over a month, even for trees that are right beside each other.
It's next to a clear cut. Not a drop of surface water. Might be something 5 or 10 feet underneath though.
Could be retarded?
![It's December all the leaves are down except for this little red maple [2592x4608 - 2MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/2efmOF.jpg){kind=link}
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