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Sweet Fern catkins and flowers
The catkins at the end are male flowers, not yet fully in bloom. The bright magenta-red flower, lower down, is female.
skunk cabbage out early
The skunk cabbage gets a jump on the sunlight before the canopy leafs out.
white oak pasture tree
We can tell that when this tree grew, it was not surrounded by forest. Starting early, it spread its branches in all directions. Perhaps because it was near a stone wall, it escaped the plowing and...
understory buds
For some understory trees, the best strategy is to blossom early, taking advantage of spring sunlight before the canopy fills out with foliage. Here, the northern spicebush flower gets a head start...
Ash with guest
This huge ash by the side of the road has adopted a young cedar, willingly or unwillingly. The cedar has taken root about eight feet off the ground. This kind of growth, apparently, is called an "e...
Silver maple
Distinguishing silver maple (acer saccharinum, note very small difference in name from acer saccharum, sugar maple) from red maple is difficult, at least before the leaves and fruit emerge. (The le...
Not all shaggy trees are hickory
Besides the shagbark hickory, sugar maples, white oak, and other hickories can all have very shaggy bark in certain phases of their growth. Unlike the shagbark hickory, old sugar maple bark is oft...
The Bridge Trail over Laurel Brook
Note the scarred and diseased beeches against the eastern wall.
Shagbark hickory
Look for dramatic mature shagbark hickories along Laurel Brook Rd and at the beginning of the Wadsworth Park trail that enters from Laurel Brook Rd. As Michael Wojtech explains, every tree handles ...