Sunday, November 27, 2005
Another quick one, for Farmer Scott
Taking a walk this morning, Otis and I encountered a bunch of leaves on the sidewalk, which is not unusual, but these were particularly cool. They were bright yellow and red and really sharp-looking, and the stems were at ninety degrees to the palmate part, so there were lots of sticky-up bits, and it looked like the whole block was on fire. Question is, what kind of tree is it? Here's a sample; click for biggie goodness:
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That's right, you are a beautiful specimen! The leaf is from a Liquidamber styraciflua (see, I went to college) commonly know to hoi polloi as Sweetgum.
Ah, the beauty of nature.
farmer scott
Would I have been really stupid to have thought it was some kind of elm?
Well,
An elm is a kind of tree.
Elm shmelm. Buy a Prius!
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