For years, the Daily Buckets have featured the Backyard Bird Race. Some of us are not so skilled at photographing and identifying things that fly away at the slightest provocation. So, for the first time ever (and maybe the only time), I offer to you the Backyard Tree Race.
It could be argued that my back yard stretches across the continent. But if I were to use that definition here, I would be posting pictures forever. Thus the subjects of this diary all reside on a 120’ by 200’ lot in central Georgia. They range in size from small saplings, to a loblolly pine reaching 115 feet into the sky.
The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns spinning around us.
We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the comments below.
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I’ve broken the list into three categories.
Mature native trees
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
White oak (Quercus alba)
Water oak (Quercus nigra)
Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii)
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
American elm (Ulmus americana)
Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)
Immature or understory trees
Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)
Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
Green ash (Fraxinus pensylvannica)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)
Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
Shrubs
Alabama croton (Croton alabamensis)
Sumac
Florida anise
Azalea
Huckleberry
Okay, it’s your turn. What’s growing/crawling/flying around your neck of the woods?
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