Irecently made two interesting discoveries about two tree species. Until recently, all the black cherry trees I have seen have been tall and mature, where I could see leaves but the flowers were too high up to view properly. Recently, a fairly small black cherry had broken about six feet up with the top still attached, so the leaves and flowers were close to the ground and next to a Hullett Sugar Bush trail. I realized the flowers were similar to those of a choke cherry but were much longer. Article content

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On another trail I saw a young hickory, which had conspicuous leafy bracts, which were pale yellow-green to reddish hanging at the base of the new spring growth. These bracts occur in all hickories. This one had five leaflets, which meant it was ei

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