Leaf Skeleton

A detailed, backlighted close-up of a cottonwood tree leaf skeleton. Great image for background design or large print - very high resolution (scanned as a transparency). About leaf skeletons: After a leaf falls to the ground, microbes in the soil consume the leaf's soft tissue and leave only the cellulose and lignin skeleton. The leaf's vascular network can now easily be seen. This leaf was hand-picked and chosen from thousands of not-so-attractive decayed remnants.

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Keywords: cellulose cottonwood decay ironrodart leaf leaves lignin microbe microbes nature network networks pattern patterns skeleton system textures tissue vascular vein veination veins venation

Username: Ironrodart

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Width: 4050 pixels

Height: 5116 pixels

Downloads: 85

Image ID: 28147