Popular Post Allen ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 8, 2022 Springwood is covered up in beech trees. They don’t drop their leaves in winter. Instead they hold onto their leaves until new buds in spring push the old leaves off. The dead leaves hang onto the tree through the winter, becoming bleached out and tissue thin, not unlike a money plant. Catch the light low on the horizon the whole wood glows golden, winter’s last display. One of my favorite lesser appreciated nature spectacles down here. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 8, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 8, 2022 They don't leave until they are forced to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted March 8, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 8, 2022 I posted this in honor of Lawrence, my dead leaf, but it applies here too 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 8, 2022 cool, I did not know this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 8, 2022 We have live oaks. They are evergreen but have a heavy spring shed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Allen said: Springwood is covered up in beech trees. They don’t drop their leaves in winter. Instead they hold onto their leaves until new buds in spring push the old leaves off. The dead leaves hang onto the tree through the winter, becoming bleached out and tissue thin, not unlike a money plant. Catch the light low on the horizon the whole wood glows golden, winter’s last display. One of my favorite lesser appreciated nature spectacles down here. Those are all young trees. Had this been farmland or was it logged out before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Those are all young trees. Had this been farmland or was it logged out before. It’s been quite a while since this area has been logged (not in my lifetime). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Allen said: It’s been quite a while since this area has been logged (not in my lifetime). I thought trees would grow faster than that down there. When I got married the power company owned a large right of way next to my inlaw’s property. It was just a field back then. Now it is a forrest with much bigger trees than in your photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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