Leaves of Some Things Other than Grass

It's the season we most associate with leaves again, though of course they don't all fall or change to spectacular colors worth ooh-ing and ah-ing about even and some are present on at least some plants outside in all the seasons. While none of the leaves pictured here are edibles and the spurge pictured above will actually release a poisonous, milky sap when cut that people can be highly allergic too, in a real way our lives are dependent on these leaves and the oxygen they provide.

That's kind of a heavy thought I guess, how important leaves actually are for people. And then when you think of how beautiful and varied they can also be, well it's enough to kind of knock you out, isn't it?