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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Basswood


Two looks at winter basswood twigs
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Sambucus


Two species of elderberry in winter
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Yellow Poplar


The fall fruit and winter twig of a tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
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My vocation is forest ecology but my avocation is art. I live in East Central Illinois and I am most at home in the Eastern Forests, this blog is my way of sharing some of my sketches and illustrations from my time in the woods.

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