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40. European Beech 'Riversii'
September 2014
September 2014

September 2014
The European Beech is very bushy and the branches are tangly.

September 2014
The bark is flaky, sharp, paper-like, smooth and slick.

September 2014
The leaves are simple non-lobed leaves and they are compound.

September 2014
There are buds growing from the stems of the leaves.

November 2014
November 2014
The tree looks smaller because a lot of the leaves have fallen off. 

November 2014
The leaves are red, green, yellow, brown and orange.

November 2014
The bark is now rough, sharp and bumpy.

April 2015
April 2015

April 2015
The European Beech tree has grown and there are no leaves.

April 2015
There are buds popping up everywhere. 

April 2015
The bark is more bumpy and slick.

April 2015
There are dead leaves still on the tree from the fall.

41. Pondcypress
September 2014
September 2014
September 2014
The Pondcypress Tree is coniferous.

September 2014
The leaves are pointy and really small. The leaves are needle shaped single leaves.

September 2014
The bark is flaky, bumpy and shaggy.

November 2014
November 2014
The tree seemed to be bigger.

November 2014
The leaves changed color to orange.

November 2014
The bark was a lot flakier. 

April 2015
April 2015

April 2015
The Pondcypress Tree has no leaves and t
he buds are only a millimeter long.

April 2015
The bud is so small it is hard to see.

April 2015
There is more bark on the trunk.
42. Scotch Pine
September 2014
September 2014
September 2014
The Scotch Pine is an evergreen tree.

September 2014
The needles are in groups of three.

September 2014
The trunk of the tree is fat and the bark is rough, flaky, bumpy and shaggy.

September 2014
The Scotch Pine has pinecones growing on it.

November 2014
November 2014
The tree now has needles of two versus three.

November 2014
The tree now has fungus at the bottom of the trunk.

November 2014
The bird's nest is gone. 

April 2015
April 2015

April 2015
The Scotch Pine Tree is darker in color.
It looks like it grew a little bit. 

April 2015
In the fall the needles are in a group, now they seem to be single. 

April 2015
There are more pinecones growing.