Holidays in New England

For the holidays, I visited my mom in Connecticut. We went for a walk by the reservoir. There were some birches close to the shore.

There were also some tall pines.



There were a lot of oak leaves on the ground (not in the same area as the pines).

There were some short trees with brown leaves on them. I didn't know what they were, but my mother said the other trees besides oaks that keep brown leaves in the winter are beeches.

There were some smaller hemlocks amidst the tall pines.

Then I went to my dad's house in New Hampshire, and he had tall pines too.



As in Connecticut, along with the pines were the short trees with brown leaves -- presumed to be beeches.

Fall foliage report, November 28, 2010

Most of the trees have lost their leaves, but there are still a lot of brown leaves on some oaks.

The Norway maples had a lot of leaves on November 13, while the locusts were bare.  By November 21, Norway maple leaves were gone.

Norway maples at Beman Park, November 13, 2010:

 Norway maple at Beman Park, November 21, 2010:

Indoor trees at the farmer's market

I even find trees when I am indoors! These photos were taken at the farmer's market.

Fall foliage report, trees behind my house, November 14, 2010

Sitting on balcony today, to drink in the healing sunshine, observed that Norway maples lost some leaves, but still had many yellow leaves. Many other trees are mostly bare. Boxelder has some leaves, but mostly is covered with brown samaras.

Fruit trees -- blosssoms and berries

Around where I work, there are some fruit trees that are nice because they have fruit through the winter,and blossoms in the spring. I asked Bob what they were, and he said, "some sort of cherry or crabapple."

February 24, 2010

February 24, 2010

 

April 28, 2010

April 29, 2010

August 25, 2010

October 21, 2010

November 8, 2010

November 9, 2010

Fall foliage report, November 8, 2010

The elms are still mostly green, with some yellow.

Elms, November 9, 2010

Fall foliage report, November 7, 2010

Japanese maples are brilliant.

Red maple, November 7, 2010

Norway maples: some still have some green.

Norway maple, November 7, 2010

Oaks, sycamore: lost some leaves, still have some leaves.

Locus: Lost some leaves, still have a few leaves.

Norway maples that were maroon still Irish setter colored.

Red maples lost their leaves.

Fall foliage report, November 1, 2010

Silver maples and sycamore maples are like Norway maples in timing and color of of fall foliage, except silver maples are browner.

Norway maples that had purple leaves now have Irish setter colored leaves.

Norway maple cultivar, October 26, 2010

The farmer's market in October

The farmer's market takes place every Saturday, and it is outdoors May-October. These photos taken at the farmer's market throughout October show the progression of the fall season.

October 2, 2010

October 9, 2010

October 16, 2010

October 23, 2010

October 30, 2010

Ginkgo

There are a number of ginkgo trees planted along the sidewalks downtown, including near the library, near the police station, on 5th Avenue, and on State Street.

Fall foliage report, October 28, 2010

Sugar maples were superb a week or two ago.  Now some have lost all leaves; others have only lost some leaves.

Sugar maple, October 16, 2010

Sugar maple, October 20, 2010

Sugar maple, October 21, 2010

Sugar maple, October 22, 2010

Sugar maple past its prime, October 25, 2010

Norway maples are are mostly yellow, some with green and orange.

Norway maple, October 28, 2010

Locusts: some yellow, some bare.

Oak have lost some leaves, but still have a lot of leaves.  Brown, red, orange.

Oak, October 25, 2010

Oak, October 25, 2010

Red maples are brilliant, and have been for a week or two.

Red maples, October 26, 2010

Red maples, October 26, 2010

Two trees on 13th Street - Are they Japanese maples?

Trees in yards, 13th and Peoples, and 13th and Jacob. As far as I can tell, both are Japanese maples, but they aren't the same as each other. Those by Peoples have turned dark red. Those by Jacob mostly green.

Tracing of leave from the Jacob Street tree:

This leaf is toothed and palmately veined. Stem and veins are red.

Sycamore maple

I happened across some leaves that were most perplexing.  They looked like sycamore, but they were opposite, so they had to be maple.  I brought them home for closer study, looked in my books, and found out they they were sycamore maple.

Fall foliage report, October 17, 2010

Many ash trees are mostly bare, but a few have lots of yellow leaves.

Fall foliage report, October 14, 2010

Oaks are green, red and brown.  The red is brownish.

Norway maples and silver  maples mostly green, just a little yellow.

Sugar maples are red and orange.  Losing leaves.  Still some green.

Some locusts predominantly green, some have yellow.

Elms mostly green, a little yellow and brown.

Fall foliage report, trees behind my house, October 13, 2010

The Norway maples behind my house were staying green while other leaves changed and fell, but now a few of their leaves are yellow. I love looking at green leaves. The cottonwood behind my house still has plenty of leaves too. But it won't last forever.

I've learned some more trees

Yesterday I was walking by some trees that I always see, and for the first time, I knew they were hawthorns. That's how it seems to go sometimes. When I try to identify a specific tree, I don't always figure it out, but sometimes I find I know trees that I didn't used to know.

The last trees that I tried to identify, I have hypothesized as cottonwood, magnolia, and basswood, but I'm not sure if that's right.

I now can identify the following types of maple: Norway, sugar, red, silver, Japanese. We have all five on campus. They are ones that after a while, I just knew what they were.

Near the farmer's market

Near the bus top near the farmer's market.  Toothed.  Bark similar to ash and Norway maple.  Alternate.  Buds near each leaf.  Seems closest match to American basswood, but photos of basswood show more of a point at end of leaf.  Also, photos of basswood are more pinnate, while leaf is more palmately veined. 

Tracing of leaf:

View from my balcony at night

On summer evenings, I like to sit out on my balcony and enjoy the view of trees.

July 15, 2010

August 21, 2010

October 3, 2010
Branch on right is cottonwood.