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55. Pin Oak
September 2014
September 2014
The Pin Oak Tree has a lot of branches but is not a good climbing tree.

September 2014
This tree has simple leaves.

September 2014
Its bark is rough, bumpy, prickly and sharp.

September 2014
The leaves are turning yellow.

September 2014
The Pin Oak Tree grows acorns.

November 2014
November 2014
The leaves are changing colors and falling off. 

November 2014
The leaves are changing colors to brown and orange.

November 2014
The bark of the tree looks the same. 

November 2014
Almost all of the acorns are on the ground. 

April 2015
 April 2015
The Pin Oak has lost all of its leaves.
It has grown taller and the branches are hanging farther down.

 April 2015

April 2015
The leaves are starting to sprout. 
The leaves are neon colored. 

56. Hackberry
September 2014
September 2014
The Hackberry Tree has a lot of roots.

September 2014
The leaves are turning yellow.

September 2014
The bark of the tree is rough, bumpy and scratchy.

November 2014
November 2014
The Hackberry Tree is bare and taller.

November 2014
The bark is the same as it was in September.

April 2015

 April 2015
The trunk of the Hackberry Tree has more moss at the bottom
and is wider. 

April 2015
It looks taller and it has some leaves
sprouting at the very top.

57. White Pine
September 2014
September 2014
The White Pine is an evergreen. It is also a "Christmas Tree."

September 2014
The bark has a lot of texture. It is shaggy and bumpy.


September 2014
It has a lot of pinecones still attached to the tree and some are on the ground around it.

November 2014
November 2014
The tree seems to be a little taller than it was in September.

November 2014
The leaves also appear bigger and they are kind of sappy.

November 2014
The bark is harder and more sappy.

November 2014
This branch was balancing on two other branches and it was very sticky.

April 2015
 April 2015
The White Pine Tree did not look as big because
it lost a lot of its needles over the winter.

 April 2015
The leaves on the White Pine were darker and not as big. 

 April 2015

April 2015
The bark was shaggier. 


58. Shagbark Hickory
September 2014
September 2014
The Shag Bark Hickory Tree is big and the outline looks round.

September 2014
Its leaves are simple non-lobed leaves.

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

September 2014
Hickory nuts grow on this tree. This is a nut in its husk.

November 2014
November 2014
There are absolutely no leaves on it.

November 2014
The leaves were green and now they are brown.

November 2014
It looks like some of the bark has been pulled off.

April 2015
April 2015

 April 2015
The Shagbark Hickory is about the same size.

 April 2015
The leaves are starting to grow and they look really different.
 April 2015
The bark is really flaky. Under the bark, it is wet and soft.
April 2015
This is a leftover nut from the fall and winter.