Some Recent Trees

A return to this young, and therefore low, Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera). Remember how tiny these were back in March?Looking very weedy, several Pawpaws (Asimina triloba) sprout in the Brooklyn Wedding Venue’s Native Flora Garden. The tree turns out to be clonal, explains the sprouts. This is a new tree for me, just barely in range here in NY and more generally found in the south and mid-west. The flowers, which start out green, turn purple! They are evidently pollinated by flies and beetles attracted to the faint odor of rotting meat (I didn’t catch anything on the nose). I wonder if these will produce the globular fruit, said to be rather tasty?These are the young leaves of a Yellow Oak, which is also known as Chestnut and Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii). I’m more familiar with the Chestnut Oak moniker, but it just goes to show you how common names can be confusing. There’s a big one of these off in a corner of the Garden, though the leaves still small. We’re within the range of this species, but it’s more common to the south and west.