I thought it would be fun again to do a “what is it” photo:
Answer and a larger photo on Monday…if I can. I’ll be on a dial-up modem and who knows if I can actually get anything posted. If I can’t, it’ll be up Tuesday.
And from all of us Garden Professors, have a happy Valentine’s Day!
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Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott has a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Oregon State University and is an ISA certified arborist and an ASCA consulting arborist. She is WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and a Professor in the Department of Horticulture, and holds two affiliate associate professor positions at University of Washington. She conducts research in applied plant and soil sciences, publishing the results in scientific articles and university Extension fact sheets.
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The bark from Pinus bungeana…
I’m going to go with a Sycamore. Although, at first I thought it was some sort of old art. Can you see the head and faded body of someone swimming on the right of the picture?
Parrotia?
Smilax bona-nox L. (Saw Greenbrier)? Happy Darwin Day!
Hmm. London Plane sounds good, but the grain looks fairly fine, so Pinus bungeana is also a possibility, as is some kind of Stewartia. And I think this answer is called ‘hedging your bets’.
I don’t know what it is for sure, but it certainly looks like the bark of Corymbia maculata, commonly known as Spotted Gum.
It looks like an extreme close-up of a variegated leaf.