Thursday, April 28, 2011

Spring emerges in the Norway maple

I have been tracking the progress of the Norway maple by my house.

March 20, 2011
March 25, 2011
April 14, 2011
April 17, 2011
April 20, 2011
April 22, 2011
April 24, 2011

April 26, 2011


And some close-up views.

April 11, 2011
April 17, 2011
April 20, 2011
April 22, 2011
April 24, 2011

April 26, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Boxelder flower

I saw many flowering boxelders at Peebles Island, especially in the grassy area by the riverside.

Tree with yellow buds

At Peebles Island today, there was a tree with yellow buds.





The trunk looked like this:

More flowering trees at Peebles Island

More flowering trees at Peebles Island:

A flowering tree at Peebles Island

I think these flowers are on the same tree that I wrote about on February 27 (the first of the two described in that post).

Emerging flowers on a tree at Peebles Island

Emerging flowers on a tree at Peebles Island:




The trunk of the tree looks like this:

Oak bark

This oak had rough bark at the base of the trunk, but smoother bark higher up.