Twigs and Berries
Date: | November 22, 1998 |
Location: | KC Trail, Amherst, Mass. |
Plants seen: | Climbing
Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens); Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea); Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina); Virginia Rose (Rosa virginiana); Winterberry (Ilex verticillata); |
Notes: | At a used bookstore I picked up Studies of Trees in Winter by Annie Oakes Huntington, published in 1901. It kindled an interest in learning to recognize trees and shrubs by their buds, bark and other features that survive into the winter. |
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