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10.  London Plane Tree
September 2014

September 2014
The London Plane Tree is pretty and kind of white.

September 2014
It has simple leaves.

September 2014
The bark is smooth, bumpy, flaky and scaly.

November 2014
November 2014
A lot of leaves have fallen off of the tree.

November 2014
The bark is changing. It is flaking off. 

November 2014
The leaves have changed from green to brown.
The leaves seem smaller because they are shriveled.

April 2015

April 2015
The London Plane Tree has gotten bigger and
some of the branches have fallen down.

April 2015
The buds are starting to grow and
the bark is smooth, chippy and bumpy.

April 2015
The leaves are tiny.


11. Washington Hawthorne
April 2015


April 2015
The Washington Hawthorne Tree has grown.

April 2015
The leaves are simple lobed leaves and 
they are green with a little bit of yellow.

April 2015
The bark is really bumpy, scratchy and rough.




12. Sweetgum
September 2014
September 2014
The Sweetgum Tree is deciduous and it is pretty.

September 2014
September 2014
It has simple leaves that are turning colors.

September 2014
There are nuts with a prickly bur.

September 2014
The bark is rough, bumpy, scratchy and dull.

November 2014
November 2014
Most of the leaves have fallen off of the tree.

November 2014
The leaves are now orange and red.

November 2014
The bark is rough, bumpy, scratchy and dull.

November 2014
Most of the nuts/prickly balls are brown and on the ground.


April 2015
April 2015
It has gotten bigger.
It has new growth at the end of the branches.

April 2015
The Sweetgum Tree has tiny leaves emerging.

April 2015
The bark has a little bit of moss growing on it.

April 2015