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Apr 16, 2011, 9:53 pm
Black Locust - New Spring Leaves
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Jan 18, 2011, 12:31 pm
Carya tomentosa - The Mockernut Hickory Tree
This Mockernut Hickory lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Dec 15, 2010, 2:55 pm
Quercus virginiana, The Live Oak
The Live Oaks of Boone Hall near Charleston are a sight to behold. The Spanish Moss that grows on Live Oaks adds to the beauty.
The leaves are a dark and thick-shiny evergreen.
One of the owners planted a long row of the these majestic trees that grow up the driv... Comment - Like
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Nov 24, 2010, 10:36 pm
This November brought in a storm of emails from companies trying to promote their products for the holidays. In an effort to maintain the quality of this website, I have ignored all but one of these requests. The Nature Conservancy contacted me about their Green Gift Monday project.
After researchi... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2010, 7:06 pm
American Hornbeam Branching
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Nov 20, 2010, 7:02 pm
Waterer Scotch Pine TreePinus sylvestris 'Watereri'
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Nov 3, 2010, 11:52 am
The Devils Walking Stick
I always think of this as the perfect Halloween tree. Just looking at the spines and one can see why. This tree is alive and well, without it's leaves, at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville. http://www.asheviilebotanicalgardens.org/
Peace,
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Nov 1, 2010, 8:50 am
Is logging the answer to controlling Mountain Pine Beetles in forests around Mount Rushmore? For the full story visit NPR @ the link below...
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Oct 14, 2010, 11:56 pm
Virginia Pine
This Virginia Pine tree lives at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, North Carolina. Today, while taking this photo, I noticed how this very tall tree was surrounded by the color of the Dogwoods and Sassafras trees.
Fall is all around us today in Asheville.
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Oct 6, 2010, 9:22 pm
Rhododendron catawbienese
Walking through the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest near Robbinsville, North Carolina, this week, I was awe struck at the beauty of these small trees in the early evening light on this October day.
The poem by Joyce Kilmer says it all:
I think that I shall never see
A poem l... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2010, 8:25 pm
The Yellow Buckeye
I photographed this Yellow Buckeye at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. You can find the Asheville Botanical Gardens at www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org. The yellow-green color of the fall leaves are vibrant in the fall sunlight. The photograph of the Buckeye seed was taken fro... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2010, 12:10 am
The Oak of all Oak, the Quercus Alba
A sign of fall is when the Oak trees are filled with acorns. This incredible White Oak tree is brimming with acorns. It is said that 180 animals and birds eat Oak acorns. The animals on the mountain where I stood today with this Oak tree will be well fed this win... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2010, 2:19 am
Little Leaf Linden Bonsai
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Sep 8, 2010, 7:11 pm
White Tigress Manchustripe Maple Bark
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Sep 8, 2010, 3:34 pm
The Northern Red Oak are signs that Fall is in the air.
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Sep 3, 2010, 3:59 pm
Hamamelis virginiana
These photos were taken near Mount Pisgah on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina this week. What an interesting tree this is. This time of year some Witch Hazel leaves have little hats on them. They actually look like little Halloween witch hats. The little hats are actua... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2010, 11:33 pm
I recieved an email from the Nature Conservancy recently and wanted to share it with you...
Dear Craig,
Thanks for all the great photos and info about trees. I never knew what a tamarind tree looked like - in fact there are so many trees that I can't identify. Which sort of brings me to a favor I'd... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2010, 3:57 pm
I found this Pitch Pine at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville today. See www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org. Pitch Pines often have sprouts coming from their lower trunks. I observed and photographed these sprouts on the Pitch Pine. Very nice ID tip.
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Aug 26, 2010, 10:11 am
Ficus carica - Common Fig
This is a small tree grows to 23 to 33 feet and up to 7 inches in diameter. The Fig Tree has a smooth grey bark. The fig tree leaves are bright green, alternate, simple and rather large. They are deeply lobed with 1 - 5 sinuses. They have rough hairs on the upper part of t... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2010, 11:24 pm
EarlyForest.Com has been idle for far too long. I am gathering materials to begin posting again shortly (not that I ever ran out of material to post).
In the meantime some other exciting stuff is going on here...
Blogger.Com (our blog/website host) has recently launched a new template builder that... Comment - Like
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Jul 3, 2010, 6:27 am
Have you had indian food and noticed (besides all the spices) a tangy, sour flavor? That, in all probability, is that of the tamarind. The tamarind is widely used in Indian cusine. Surprisingly though it is not native to India, but is from tropical Africa.
Here are the pods, I saw many on the tre... Comment - Like
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Jun 19, 2010, 6:14 am
This post is part of the "Trees of the Tropics" series and has been crossposted from Trees, plants and more.
A few weekends back, I visited Lalbagh Gardens, the central garden space in Bangalore. Of the many spectacular sights, was this beautiful octopus/umbrella tree in full bloom. I am told that ... Comment - Like
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Jun 18, 2010, 2:54 am
Hinoki Cypress Bonsai
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