Why do trees in mountains have dark green colored leaves - Science - The Living Organisms - Characteristics and Habitats

Question

Why do trees in mountains have dark green colored leaves?

Swati Sharma · Accepted Answer

The mountains receives less sun light as compare to plains In
order to obtain and capture large amount of sun light to carry out
photosynthesis, mountain trees need to have more number of
chlorophyll in their leaves The chlorophyll contain green coloured
pigment called chloroplast As mountain trees have large number of
chlorophyll hence chloroplast, they have dark green colored
leaves