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Bleached blonde beech leaves DP104-2-13 Posted April 14; processed ditto. Young beech trees form part of the understory in many mixed hardwood forests in SE Michigan. Over the winter the leaves, which are retained even more tenaciously than oak leaves, lose their color. Because the young beeches send their branches out nearly horizontally, much like dogwoods, at a distance, a woods full of young beeches bears a startling resemblance to a woods full of wild dogwood in bloom at this time of year. Along the 'Old Field Trail' at the Gerald Eddy Discovery Center, Waterloo Recreation Area, Washtenaw County, Michigan April 12, 2013
Hairy and sparkly. DP095-2013 Posted April 5; processed ditto Brown Spiderwort, Siderasis fuscata Family Commelinaceae . . . Native to South America The points of personal interest to me in the sight, and hence the shot, were the overall hairiness of the leaves (about which more later) and the zillions of tiny rainbow sparkles on the surfaces of the leaves. You can only get a hint of the sparkles even in the large sizes, but can readily see them in 'original', especially in the purple underside of the center leaf.. About the hairs: I did a little looking online about terminology for leaf parts and learned that leaves which have hairy surfaces are termed 'pubescent', and there are dozens of technical terms for the exact nature of the hairs. For example, these straight, fine hairs which cover the surfaces, not just the leaf margins, would be termed 'sericeus', provided they are soft (silky) and not stiff or stinging or aren't sticky from secretions or...you get the picture. . Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory, Tropical House, March 29, 2013 FYI, if it matters, the shadows were cast by natural light. I didn't use a flash. Also, I don't know for sure what all those pale yellow bits that dot the leaves are. They fell from taller plants onto this low-growing spiderwort. They don't really look like pollen, but maybe...
Acer 03b 15 Showing a fully opened blossom, and some still to open. Schwedler Maple (Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri'), Aceraceae. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012
Acer 03b 13 Schwedler Maple (Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri'), Aceraceae. Some of the new leaves are much darker magenta than others. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012 (nex5n)
D107-2012 Young maple leaves and blossoms Schwedler Maple (Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri'), Aceraceae. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012
D107-2012 Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parvifolia. This large shrub is sometimes called dwarf horse chestnut. Family: Sapindaceae . . . Native to southeast USA, but hardy enough for NW Ohio and SE Michigan. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012 (nex5n)
Aesculus 99 01-2012 Unidentified Almost certainly either a horse chestnut or a red horse chestnut. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012 (nex5n)
D107-2012 Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parvifolia. This large shrub is sometimes called dwarf horse chestnut. Family: Sapindaceae . . . Native to southeast USA, but hardy enough for NW Ohio and SE Michigan. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012 (nex5n)
D107-2012 Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parvifolia. This large shrub is sometimes called dwarf horse chestnut. Family: Sapindaceae . . . Native to southeast USA, but hardy enough for NW Ohio and SE Michigan. Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor April 17, 2012 (nex5n)
Bleached blonde beech leaves

DP104-2-13 Posted April 14; processed ditto.

Young beech trees form part of the understory in many mixed hardwood forests in SE Michigan. Over the winter the leaves, which are retained even more tenaciously than oak leaves, lose their color. Because the young beeches send their branches out nearly horizontally, much like dogwoods, at a distance, a woods full of young beeches bears a startling resemblance to a woods full of wild dogwood in bloom at this time of year.

Along the 'Old Field Trail' at the Gerald Eddy Discovery Center, Waterloo Recreation Area,
Washtenaw County, Michigan
April 12, 2013
Bleached blonde beech leaves DP104-2-13 Posted April 14; processed ditto. Young beech trees form part of the understory in many mixed hardwood forests in SE Michigan. Over the winter the leaves, which are retained even more tenaciously than oak leaves, lose their color. Because the young beeches send their branches out nearly horizontally, much like dogwoods, at a distance, a woods full of young beeches bears a startling resemblance to a woods full of wild dogwood in bloom at this time of year. Along the 'Old Field Trail' at the Gerald Eddy Discovery Center, Waterloo Recreation Area, Washtenaw County, Michigan April 12, 2013
Bleached blonde beech leaves

DP104-2-13 Posted April 14; processed ditto.

Young beech trees form part of the understory in many mixed hardwood forests in SE Michigan. Over the winter the leaves, which are retained even more tenaciously than oak leaves, lose their color. Because the young beeches send their branches out nearly horizontally, much like dogwoods, at a distance, a woods full of young beeches bears a startling resemblance to a woods full of wild dogwood in bloom at this time of year.

Along the 'Old Field Trail' at the Gerald Eddy Discovery Center, Waterloo Recreation Area,
Washtenaw County, Michigan
April 12, 2013
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