when trees loose their leaves do they not produce oxegon.

Question: when trees loose their leaves do they not produce oxegon.
- Keywords:
  leaf,
  oxygen,
  tree
Asked by Indigo2 to Joanna on 22 Jun 2016.
- Joanna Bagniewska answered on 22 Jun 2016:
  
  Yes, that is the case – when it’s winter, and the sunlight is less intense, the trees can’t get food through photosynthesis, so they lose their leaves. This means they won’t produce oxygen – instead they use up their food stores or feed through the roots. Luckily in the tropics the sun is intense year-around, so trees produce oxygen all the time. This is one of the reasons why the rainforests are so important.

Question: when trees loose their leaves do they not produce oxegon.