April 7: Willow oak
Apr. 8th, 2011 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neverspentThere's a goodly amount of tree shade now, enough that when I'm walking in the sun I can choose a path that keeps me in the shade. About time! Temperatures and humidity have reached the point where they can wear you out in a short time.
Still, some of the trees are just now working on their little baby leaves. I love that the different varieties of oak are so different in their timing as well as their acorns, leaf shape, bark, leaf shedding habits... One of my favorites is the willow oak. When its leaves are new, they're as slender as pine needles, splayed out in a starbeam pattern. They gradually fill out and become flat leaves (though still long and very narrow, like the willow leaves they're named after) but when they're new, the tree is covered with a fine green fringe.
Still, some of the trees are just now working on their little baby leaves. I love that the different varieties of oak are so different in their timing as well as their acorns, leaf shape, bark, leaf shedding habits... One of my favorites is the willow oak. When its leaves are new, they're as slender as pine needles, splayed out in a starbeam pattern. They gradually fill out and become flat leaves (though still long and very narrow, like the willow leaves they're named after) but when they're new, the tree is covered with a fine green fringe.