Love this bark!! How gorgeous is that?
I can't get enough of this texture. I love all the textures of nature, especially contrasting against each other.
This is older bark of a black gum tree, I believe. LOVE IT!
Exploring natural history one itsy bitsy spider at a time...
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Nature Quiz! What seed lies here?
Clue: They spin as they fall to the ground.
Clue: They're from a tree. The tree trunk is very tall and straight.
Clue: The flowers are beautiful orange and yellow. The tree is in the magnolia family.
Clue: This picture and the next shows the way the seeds are grouped in the tree tops.
Figure it out yet?? Tuliptree!
Lots to see and learn, even on walks in winter!
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Happy Winter!
Go forth and explore!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Burls
A burl results from a tree undergoing some form of stress. It may be caused by an injury, virus or fungus.
-Wikipedia
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Riding on the York Rail Trail
November 23
22 mile bike ride starting at Hanover Junction Train Station, York County, PA.
Hanover Junction Train Station has a museum, restrooms, parking lot, picnic tables and Penn State Extension Master Gardener's garden.
Trail runs next to the train tracks heading south towards Maryland. The trail winds past streams; wetlands; a wildlife sanctuary; houses; an ice cream shop and antique store; farms with horses, sheep and chickens; and forest. Some areas are overrun with Japanese Honeysuckle, Norway Maples, and Mile-a-Minute. Some areas have beautiful rock cliffs with ferns and Virginia pines.
Maryland line complete with a map of the trail going both directions and picnic tables.
At the Mason Dixon Line!
From Hanover Junction it's 11 miles to the Mason Dixon Line and 11 miles back to the truck!
Bird sightings:
Bald Eagle, Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures, Red-tailed Hawk, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinals, Great Blue Heron, Carolina Wren, Dark-eyed Juncos, Eastern Bluebirds, and Bluejays.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnolia Family.
Tulip-like flowers high in the treetops.
Straight tall trunks.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sassafras
One tree, three different leaf shapes.
Aromatic when stems, bark, roots, or leaves are broken.
Dark blue drupes.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Chestnut Oak
Quercus prinus
One of my favorites!
Gorgeous deep mountain ridge bark
Chestnut-like leaves
Acorns
Monday, May 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Portrait of a Tree Trunk- Day 21
Evergreen
Shelter me in the winter
Provide me with oxygen to breathe deeply
Hold the Earth in its place
Blanket my path in a carpet of needles
Raise the birds that sing me to sleep
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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