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31. 'Indian Summer' Crabapple

September 2014
September 2014
The Indian Summer Crabapple Tree has small trees growing around the base.

September 2014
The bark is rough, bumpy and shaggy.  It has yellow moss on the trunk.

September 2014
The Indian Summer Crabapple Tree has small red berries.

September 2014
It has simple non-lobed leaves.

November 2014
November 2014
The Indian Summer Crabapple tree has no leaves. 

November 2014
The bark is paper-like and very shaggy.

November 2014
The leaves are a different shape and color.

April 2015

April 2015
The bark of the Indian Summer Crabapple was smoother.

April 2015

April 2015
There were bright pink buds growing on the tree.

April 2015
The flowers have opened up.



32. Colorado Spruce
September 2014


September 2014
The Colorado Spruce is huge and under it is a space big enough to be a fort.

September 2014
The leave needles on the tree are single leaves.

September 2014
The trunk is not very big and the bark is very flaky. 
There are areas where the branches have been cut off. 

November 2014
November 2014
The are a lot of dead branches.

November 2014
The pine needles are turning brown and 
there are a lot of dead ones on the ground.


November 2014
The bark is more smooth and it is prickly.

April 2015


April 2015
There are pine cones on the top of the tree.

April 2015
The needles are very sharp.

April 2015
The bark had more sap on it.
April 2015
The pinecone is the the seed of tree. 





33. Italian Alder
September 2014

September 2014
The Italian Alder has mini cones.

September 2014
It has simple leaves.

September 2014
Some of the cones grow in bunches.

September 2014
It has rough bark with buds growing out the side.

November 2014
November 2014
It looks like the tree grew a lot.

November 2014
The green leaves are fading.

November 2014
The bark on the top is smooth and
the bark at the bottom is shaggy.

April 2015

April 2015
The Italian Alder Tree has no leaves and it a little taller.

April 2015

April 2015
Some of the leaves are smaller than the others and the seeds are small.

April 2015
The bottom of the trunk is shaggier than the smooth top.