new oak leaves 3 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
new oak leaves 3 / FritzFlohrReynolds
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| 説明 | Well, we are finally getting some of the grey skies and spring rain that I've been longing for, but unfortunately, I have overexerted myself with all the hiking I've been doing recently, and I'm going to have to try and take it easy until I feel better (hopefully soon!). There is a cemetery in my neighborhood that contains a distribution of mature Oak and Hickory trees that leads me to believe they are original to the landscape, a remnant of the ancient Oak/Hickory forest that once covered the area. Although the native ground flora that would have once flourished here has been removed and replaced with a lawn of non-native turf grass, there is a corner of the cemetery (sadly shrinking in size) which has remained unused and contains a diverse assortment of mostly native species, along the fence where disturbance has been least frequent, grow small native trees such as Prunus serotina and Sassafras albidum, the more recently disturbed section, in addition to some invasive species such as Porcelain Berry, also contains many native forbs such as Asters and Goldenrod whose seeds are distributed by wind, including some slightly more unusual species and phenotype variations which I have never seen growing in a recently vacant lot. There are no spring ephemerals or other rare plants that would indicate an old growth forest, and my hypothesis (which I could easily prove or disprove, if I did not enjoy the mystery so much) is that this land was cleared at one point, probably for agriculture, and perhaps leaving a few original trees for shade, as was often the practice at the time. Then, at a time when at a significant portion of the surrounding area (which has since been mostly destroyed by suburban development) still consisted of old growth woods, the farm was allowed to lay fallow long enough that the sorts of native species that travel with relative ease, as well as perhaps the few remaining original Oak and Hickory trees, began to retake the land and establish a second growth forest. By the time the land was repurposed as a cemetery, some of the trees were large and impressive looking enough that they were spared the axe, and relatively few new trees, either native or non-native, were planted. Back when I was still working and in school, and did not have as much time for hiking, as well as now, that my health problems limit the amount of hiking I can do, I am very grateful for the presence of this degraded, but still richer and more diverse than many over-maintained parks, habitat, literally steps away from my door, where I can observe foxes, rabbits, hawks, and a wide variety of smaller birds, including several species of woodpecker.It is not easy to take representative portraits of most large trees, since their most immediately identifiable parts are generally high off the ground, but I managed to find a few that would oblige me. Maybe now I can finally get around to learning how to identify more than the families and genera that they belong too, and actually break it down to different species. |
| 撮影日 | 2013-04-17 19:28:35 |
| 撮影者 | FritzFlohrReynolds , USA |
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| カメラ | iPhone , Apple |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.4 |