Seasonal Shade-Plant

There is a forest in my world with a special property: All the trees are optimised to shade as much as possible during summer and give as little shadow as possible during winter, to regulate the temperature of the ground through sunlight.

Is it possible to have such a spindly tree with large leaves?

My concern is not how this is possible, but how a tree could develop to have as little stem and branches as possible while maximising the surface of foliage.

The trees in our world aren't 'built' with this shadow-reduction in mind, which is why I ask whether it would be possible.

I could imagine structural integrity being a concern, but perhaps one could work around that?

PS: Should I make this an "Anatomically Correct" question?

posted over 5 years ago

A Lambent Eye‭

1 reputation 29 0 0 0