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| 10/16/21 NE 83rd facing west |
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| A leaf on the trees in the sketch above |
Just a couple blocks from home, I had spotted a short row of
brilliant yellow and red-orange trees that lit up the whole block (above). After
sketching them, I pulled into a driveway to turn around – when I saw what had
been behind me while I was sketching: An even more colorful mix (below)! I reparked
in the opposite direction to catch that wall of color, too. It always pays to
look around, even if you think you’re done sketching! (I’ve now added this very
nearby block to my regular leaf-peeping tour.)
I snapped a photo of the leaves of the trees in the top
sketch to try to identify them. My plant app suggested that it’s an Acer tataricum,
or Tatarian maple. Although the leaf looks slightly different, I thought it could
also be an Acer Ginnala, whose leaf I sketched last fall. It’s clearly a
variety of maple, but the leaves are elongated rather than hand shaped as most
maples are. Anyone know for sure?
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| 10/16/21 NE 83rd facing east |
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