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43. Gingko
September 2014
September 2014

September 2014
The Gingko Tree is tall.

September 2014
The leaves are soft and look like butterflies.

September 2014
The tree has a mossy bark.

November 2014
November 2014
The tree looks bigger and it is losing its leaves. 

November 2014
The leaves have changed colors. 

November 2014
There is not as much moss.

April 2015
April 2015

April 2015
The Ginkgo Tree has gotten a lot taller. It has more branches.

April 2015
The leaves are shaped different because they are pointing down and up.

April 2015

April 2015
There is more moss growing on the trunk.

April 2015
The leaves have changed color from yellow to green.

44. Amur Corktree
September 2014

September 2014
The Amur Corktree has a thin trunk but it is really tall.

September 2014
The leaves are compound leaves and there are nine single leaves on this stem.

September 2014
The bark is smooth, rough, bumpy, slippery and paper-like.

November 2014
November 2014

November 2014

November 2014

April 2015

April 2015
The leaves are more green and fresher.

April 2015

April 2015
The bark has moss growing on it and it is cracking.

April 2015
The Amur Corktree has new branches and it has gotten taller.



45. 'Prairifire' Crabapple
September 2014
September 2014
The 'Prairifire" Crabapple Tree is tiny.

September 2014
The trunk is bumpy and there is moss on the bark.

September 2014
There are a lot of purplish berries growing on the tree.

September 2014
The leaves are very small and there are not a lot of them growing on the tree.

November 2014
November 2014
There are leaves just on the top and it got a little bit taller. 

November 2014
It is growing more moss. 

November 2014
There are more berries on the tree but some of them were drying up.

April 2015
April 2015
The Prairifire Crabtree has gotten taller.


April 2015
The leaves got bigger and darker in color.

April 2015

April 2015
There is a slit in the side of the bark.

April 2015
There are flowers now. 


46. Honeylocust
September 2014

September 2014
The Honeylocust Tree's trunk is as wide as two people hugging it.

September 2014
The leaves are compound leaves with around 10 small leaves on each side of the stem.

September 2014
The tree had moss and a knob on the trunk. The bark is scratchy, scaly, bumpy, rough and dull.

November 2014
November 2014
The bark is forming a hard outside.
There is barely any moss on the trunk and the knob is almost gone. 
November 2014
The tree has barely not a single leaf. 

April 2015
April 2015
There are new leaves on the side of the Honeylocust Tree.

April 2015
There is fungi and moss growing on the bark.

April 2015
There are a lot of buds growing on the branches.

April 2015
There is a tiny leafy bud growing on the trunk.

April 2015