Mountain honeysuckle or border privet?
One lovely thing about autumn is that different species suddenly stand out. I had walked by this mountain honeysuckle (or is it border privet?) many times, surely. Perhaps it blended in with the eu...
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heart-shaped leaves
I'm guessing this tree is not a native tree, but one of the many trees introduced back in Colonel Wadsworth's time. Any guesses? This specimen is right down near the water of Laurel brook, visibl...
Turkey tail, true or false?
What I should have examined is whether I could actually see the tiny pores that characterize turkey tail. If not, this is probably stereum ostrea, false turkey tail.
Tupelo-like
… and yet with leaves thinner, less leathery, and none turning red early (and dropping) as is so often seen on tupelos. A couple of these trees with corky bark -- not very tall trees, but with sing...
European buckthorn
There are two of these trees in the northwest strip of the park between the riven and Rte 157. The berries are smooth and almost black, the leaves have dogwood-like veins, and the branching pattern...
With long wings like a cape...
This resembles a dobsonfly or an alderfly, but neither of those has these pale patches midway down the wing. My best guess is the Dark Fishfly (Nigronia serricornis or Nigronia fasciatus). If anyon...
False buckthorn
There's just one specimen of this plant, as far as I can tell, but it's a very dense shrub near the pond. I don't know what this strange orange-red growth might be.
Lenticel patterns
Lenticels are the pores through which a tree exchanges gases along its trunk and stems. On some trees, the lenticels are nearly hidden. On this young tulip tree the lenticels are beautifully expose...
micro-trails
What tiny creatures worked their way across the landscape of this birch's skin?
young conifer with character
I believe this is a young red pine, but failed to document other features of this tree...