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Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)Observer
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Blue spruce with immature green pine cones. Tree was about 20 feet tall.
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
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Beech Tree about sixty feet tall is over 100 years old.
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Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)Observer
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Tall ash tree surrounded by maples and oak. Leaves in the photo are form the surrounding trees. Ash leaves were too high up to photograph.
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Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)Observer
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Pitch Pine was growing next to two other scrub pines.
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Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata)Observer
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As the snow melts, the perennial moss phlox starts to see some new growth (see the green leaves in the center of the photo.) This plant will erupt in light purple flowers in May and June.
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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
pwkescDescription
The tree is about twenty years old. Walnut trees grow slowly. The snow is just beginning to melt here in Boston. The tree was identified by the walnuts at the base, as well as the lack of plants growing directly under it.
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Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)Observer
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This silver maple is about 25 years old. It was started from a winged seed.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
pwkescDescription
The flowering dogwood has been under 2- 8 feet of snow pack over the last 8 weeks. The snow is finally starting to melt. Normally the tree is budding by now, but not this year.
