Trees grow very very slowly. The blade or lamina is the broad flat part of the leaf. Leaves have two main parts, the blade and the petiole or leafstalk. Some leaves have a third part called the stipules. Petiole is the stemlike part of the leaf.
Stipules are two small flaps at the base of the leaf.
Transpiration happens when the sun warms the water inside the blade. This process helps cool the inside of the leaf. A leaf is green because it has pigment called chlorophyll. Birch A slender tree or shrub. The tree can grow up to 50 to 80 feet high.