Red Leaf Mystery Plant

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Red Leaf Mystery Plant 2016-07-09 02:01:08 Post No. 810938
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Red Leaf Mystery Plant Anonymous 2016-07-09 02:01:08 Post No. 810938 [Report]

/4outdoors/ newb here. Found this little branch on a plant while out for a walk today, the red leaf intrigued me. Clearly the plant itself, nor the leaf was not dead, so now it's in its own pot.
I know next to nothing about IDing plant species, but I'm guessing this is very common (I live ine northern New England). Can anyone tell what species it is, and what caused that particular leaf to turn red?

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Anonymous 2016-07-09 02:14:15 Post No.810951
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Anonymous 2016-07-09 02:14:15 Post No.810951 [Report]

>>810938
OK, OP here, the redness, if the leaf is still alive, is probably because of lack of chlorophyll. That much I remember.

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Anonymous 2016-07-09 22:36:13 Post No.811510
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Anonymous 2016-07-09 22:36:13 Post No.811510 [Report]

>>810938
OP, crunch a leaf and smell it. It looks like wintergreen to me. If it is, then you can google that shit right up as to why it's red now. (i;m guessing it's too dry, cuz it sure is dry here...)

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Anonymous 2016-07-09 23:00:10 Post No.811533
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Anonymous 2016-07-09 23:00:10 Post No.811533 [Report]

The red leaf is the queen leaf and all the rest are the worker leaves.

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Anonymous 2016-07-09 23:37:56 Post No.811555
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Anonymous 2016-07-09 23:37:56 Post No.811555 [Report]

>>810938
Nutrient deficiency like magnesium or phosphorous?

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Anonymous 2016-07-10 07:11:24 Post No.811793
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Anonymous 2016-07-10 07:11:24 Post No.811793 [Report]

>>811510
this anon's got it. it's almost definitely wintergreen. not sure why one leaf is red, but if you google it there's a few pictures of the plant with a few red leaves and mostly green leaves. maybe since it doesn't lose its leaves in winter, it just loses leaves irregularly over time. not sure