Two looks at winter basswood twigs

Two species of elderberry in winter

The fall fruit and winter twig of a tuliptree ( Liriodendron tulipifera )

A few sketches showing the diversity of warblers.

Some notes and sketch of a yellow warbler nest at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, the sketch appeared in The Ohio Cardinal  a publicati...

Northern catalpa ( Catalpa speciosa )

American beech ( Fagus grandifolia ) - unmistakable cigar-shaped terminal bud!

Twig of witch-hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ) illustrated in mid-December

Top to Bottom: red osier dogwood ( Cornus stolonifera ), pawpaw ( Asimina triloba ), musclewood ( Carpinus caroliniana ), Eastern cott...

More winter twigs... Left to Right - black oak ( Quercus velutina ), bitternut hickory ( Carya cordiformis ), tuliptree ( Liriodendron tul...