Friends of Sligo Creek Tree Talk Event!

I am looking forward to this opportunity.  I love trees and have spent years enjoying them and getting to know them.  There are a few characteristics that I follow in identifying them: 1) Overall shape, 2) Leaf, 3) Bark, 4) Flower, 5) Fruit/Seed, and 6) Location.

Some of the trees I know well.  I used the first three characteristics.

RIVER BIRCH, Betula negra

 1) Shape

 2) Leaf

 3) Bark

SILVER MAPLE: Acer saccharinum

 1) Shape

 2) Leaf

 3) Bark

SYCAMORE, Plantanus occidentalis

 1) Shape (immature)

 2) Leaf

 3) Bark

TULIP POPLAR, Liriodendron tulipifera

 1) Shape

 2) Leaf

3) Bark