MadSci Network: Botany |
No. Growth in deciduous trees, both growth in length (height) and growth in diameter (thickness) is basically coupled to leaf production. So to grow they must make new leaves. As they do not make new leaves in the Winter, they do not grow. They do, of course, store food (typically in the roots) and are alive and capable of some metabolic activity, but not growth.
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