Drives around the St. Louis area have so far been a little less colorful this fall. That鈥檚 mainly due to unusual daytime and nighttime temperatures that are preventing chlorophyll from breaking down. The breakdown in chlorophyll causes leaves to lose their green color.
On Wednesday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske talked with Tom Beshoar, the St. Louis district manager for Davey Tree, a tree and lawn care company. In addition to the color trends, they discussed the unusual amount of stress that trees are experiencing due to a wet spring and dry fall.
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