Tree Diversity

I found a spot on the weekend where a lot of different trees were growing all in one place, and tried to take a picture that would show them all.

The picture ended up showing none of them well, but at least is enough to spark my memory. In the foreground is a scraggly sumac, which was what actually dominated on this little raised meadow area. Around the edges of the meadow, seen in the background, are white pine, white spruce and white cedar. The pine and cedar are plentiful in the surrounding area, but the spruce not as much. There is also a tall slender ash tree in front of the pines, identifiable because it still has many of its seeds. Then, the part that initially caught my attention, was a clump of arboreal life growing out of a sickly looking juniper. Within it, was a young red oak, (and a white oak just behind) a young beech, and some sprigs of yew at the base.

There you have it... the final count is 10 different trees, all close together, and all identifiable (in person, anyway, not from the picture) in late November.

Posted on 29 November, 2022 23:14 by fallriver22