Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Trees in Winter

Look at this diabolical face!
The downy upper portion of the leaf scar points to Butternut (Juglans cinerea).
This one, on the other hand, baffled me. I couldn’t find it in Core and Ammons’ Woody Plants in Winter. (It is in there, though.) iNaturalist people provided the identification: this is the incredibly common Ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima) or Tree of Heaven.
These were side by side saplings, spontaneously sprouted.
A tiny spider on the Ailanthus.

One response to “Trees in Winter”

  1. looks like Lambchop to me.

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