wrote naturalist Donald Peattie of this tree.....
“impart to every stream and bank where
they grow, to every big red Hoosier barn and little white farmhouse, to
all the village streets and the long straight roads where they have been
planted, an air at once of dignity and lively grace, a combination rare
in a tree as in a human.”
Whether referring to the color of its bark or the flashes of silver when
a breeze turns up the underside of its leaves, the name is descriptive.
Another name sometimes used is river maple, which is also appropriate
given its natural habitat in the rich, moist soil of floodplains.
I don't think that I have ever seen, or maybe noticed is the right word. this tree. I have lived in Ohio my entire life. We were stopped at a stoplight, and as I always do, was looking around, we had just come from the county market, it was a beautiful, sunny day, albeit a tad bit warm. This caught my eye in the front yard of someones home. I immediately picked up on the silverness ( is that a word), it shimmered in the sunlight. I snapped two pictures, one with electric and phone wires, the second one is what I posted about on Wordless Wednesday.
If you would like to learn more about this stunner....click the link of the Mystery Tree.
How lovely!
ReplyDeleteWondering if I have seen them, in the upper North East of our Beloved Country? That silver-ness, seems to ring a bell.
It would appear and disappear, since the silver is on one side of the leaf. The other, being normal green.
It rings a bell! Must look! Pay more attention.
Thank you for this interesting tid-bit! (Does anyone say "tid-bit" any more??????)
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So many miss so much, by not looking up into the wonders GOD gave us to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely go and look up Mystery tree.
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