Today's moment of tree
This tree stands in Washington Park, just off to the side of Moses and the tulip beds. The sign underneath it reads:
This tree is a senior citizen of Washington Park
Please respect and enjoy,
DO NOT -- PAINT, CLIMB, or INJURE
Thank you.
European Beech, fagus sylvatica 'pendula'
That "pendula" appended to Latin name marks the tree as a "weeping" cultivar of the European Beech. Remarks an old US Forest Service fact sheet describes of the cultivar: "It may be the most picturesque of all the weeping trees."
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On our family car trips using route 9 whenever we passed wheeping willow trees my mother told me the storybook fable about them.
... said mg on Jun 16, 2016 at 2:24 PM | link