Free Pictures of Trees and Other Plants

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond, blazing extra bright in the westering sun. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

A maple seedling (Acer sp.) putting on fall colors. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. Even the white pines (Pinus strobus) are burnished by the late afternoon sunshine. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. The small pitch pines (Pinus rigida) at left have a brownish tinge, as they lose nearly half their needles in the fall. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. On the opposite bank, a small white birch (Betula papyrifera) stands in front of a beaver lodge about 1/3 of the way from the left-hand edge of the picture. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. On the opposite bank, a small white birch (Betula papyrifera) stands in front of a beaver lodge about 1/3 of the way from the left-hand edge of the picture. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Trees in fall colors reflected in the Mill Pond. On the opposite bank, a small white birch (Betula papyrifera) stands in front of a beaver lodge about 1/3 of the way from the left-hand edge of the picture. In this picture, the browning of The pitch pines (Pinus rigida) at left is especially obvious. Unlike most conifers, pitch pines are strongly seasonal, losing nearly half their needles in the fall. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

A large fern adds its touch of golden brown to New England's famous fall foliage. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

A blanket of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) spread around an oak tree (Quercus sp.) and sprinkled with autumn leaves. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) and fallen oak leaves (Quercus sp.). Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Fall foliage reflected in the Mill Pond. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

An American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) turns golden yellow among the red leaves of silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and the green oaks (Quercus sp.) and pines (Pinus strobus). Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Maples (Acer sp.) turn yellow and red, while the oaks (Quercus sp.) stay dark green for another week or two. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

A small stand of pitch pine (Pinus rigida) on the north shore of the Mill Pond, opposite my favorite sitting rock. The lone birch (Betula papyrifera) poking out of one spot near the left has nearly lost its leaves. Fall, Mine Falls Park

Leaf of a fern turning yellow in autumn. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

A seedling maple (Acer sp.) in fall colors. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

The ground cedar clubmoss (Lycopodium complanatum) remains green all winter, like its namesake tree. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

The large compound leaves of smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) turn scarlet in fall, making this little tree stand out. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Blossom of a smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) setting seed. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in fall. The two structures that look like pointy cucumbers are the seed pods. They will soon split open, releasing hundreds of fluffy seeds. Fall, Mine Falls Park.

An unusual hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium). It is unusually tall, and an unusual color. Most of them turn a deep burgundy in late summer and early fall, but this one ranges from scarlet to orange. Even as these tattered leaves turn color and fall off, the plant is putting forth new leaves to catch the autumn sun after the forest canopy opens up. Early fall, Elephant Head Trail, Crawford Notch State Park.

Berries of hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium) with scarlet leaves. The leaves of hobblebush usually turn a deep burgundy color. Late summer, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A small bush growing in a crack in "my" ledge at the top of Arethusa Falls. Late summer, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A spider in a small bush at the top of Arethusa Falls. Late summer, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

These crossed red spruce trees (Picea rubens) mark the halfway point as I climb up or down Arethusa Falls. Late summer, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park.

A granite boulder covered with mosses and lichens, including an odd pinkish lichen. Summer, Webster Cliff Trail, Presidential Range, White Mountain National Forest

Bakeapple berries (Vaccinium macrocarpon). This is actually a wild cranberry, also called bear berry, and distinct from the bakeapple berry of Newfoundland (Rubus chamaemorus), also called cloud berry. But it tastes like a baked apple, complete with cinnamon. They grow in the bogs on the northern slope of Mount Jackson, and this was a banner year. Most years, I only find two or three ripe berries. Summer, Webster Cliff Trail, Presidential Range, White Mountain National Forest

Close-up of bog vegetation on Mount Jackson includes red leaves of sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). Summer, Webster Cliff Trail, Presidential Range, White Mountain National Forest

Smooth Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum) in fruit. Summer, Crawford Path, White Mountain National Forest.

Lush undergrowth along the sunny side of Crawford Path in the high swampy balsam forest. Summer, Crawford Path, White Mountain National Forest.

Lush undergrowth along the sunny side of Crawford Path in the high swampy balsam forest. Summer, Crawford Path, White Mountain National Forest.

Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) with unripe green berries. They will soon turn white, but the leaves will remain green under the snow. Early fall, Mine Falls Park

A small stand of pitch pine (Pinus rigida) on the north shore of the Mill Pond, opposite my favorite sitting rock. The lone birch (Betula papyrifera) poking out of one spot near the left is just beginning to turn yellow. Early fall, Mine Falls Park

A narrow trail climbs up toward the main path. Early fall, Mine Falls Park

Wild oats (Uniola latifolia) overhanging the Mill Pond. This is a member of the grass family (Poaceae), not to be confused with sessile bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia), which is also called wild oats, but which is a member of the lily family (Liliaceae). Uniola latifolia is in the same family, but is a different genus from true oats and other cultivated grains. Summer, Mine Falls Park

Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) in bloom. Summer, Mine Falls Park

A dead tree, covered with at least three different kinds of fungus, emerges from the melting snow. As the weather grows warmer and the sunlight grows stronger, snow melts away first from around trees, even dead ones, where the sun's warming effect is strongest. Spring, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium) emerges from the melting snow. Just as the snow melts away first from around standing trees, it also melts quickly where a twig touches its surface, leaving a clear impression of the horizontal branches of the hobblebush. Spring, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Morning sunlight spreads quickly through the forest, as spring is spreading at a more deliberate pace. Notice how the lower branches of the spruce (Picea rubens) and hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) saplings are still bent down, trapped under the surrounding snow, while their higher branches reach up toward the sunlight. Spring, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A hardwood forest of American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and more white birch (Betula papyrifera) than you usually see grows on a gentle, sunlit slope of the valley of Bemis Brook. Tall red spruces (Picea rubens) on the top of the ridge point down the direction of the prevailing winds. Spring, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) barely rises above the mosses in the big meadow north of Crawford Notch. It has been green under the snow all winter long, like the mosses. Early spring, White Mountain National Forest

Mats of mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and mosses are liberated by the melting snow. They will soon be overshadowed by taller herbaceous plants that will dominate the meadow north of Crawford Notch. Early spring, White Mountain National Forest

The buds of the hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium) have been open this far since last fall. Now, they're about to leaf out before the snow melts away. Early spring, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

The ground cedar clubmoss (Lycopodium complanatum) has been green under the snow all winter. As the snow begins to melt, it enjoys the unfettered spring sunshine with other, less hardy plants. Early spring, White Mountain National Forest

A young oak (Quercus sp.) waits out the winter. Oaks retain many of their dead, brown leaves right through the winter, though this little one has only about a dozen left. Young beeches (Fagus grandifolia) also tend to hold onto their leaves, but the mature trees don't. Late winter, Beaver Brook Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH

Cattail (Typha latifolia) seed heads rise above the frozen Beaver Pond. Winter gales shred the seed heads, carrying some of the fluffy seeds far afield, but many remain until the stalk falls into the pond in spring. In this way, the plant both propagates itself over great distances, and ensures that its parent patch has a chance to spread. Late winter, Beaver Brook Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH

A young white spruce (Picea glauca) near the Crawford Connector Trail Head, the beginning point for my Mount Jackson hike. White spruce is uncommon in the area. It can be recognized, when young, by its tendency to grow needles on the surface of its trunk and branches. These will disappear long before the tree matures. Late winter, White Mountain National Forest

A young white spruce (Picea glauca) with a stiff, leathery branching ("fruticose") lichen on it. Late winter, White Mountain National Forest

A clump of young red spruce (Picea rubens) in the meadow near the Elephant Head Trail Head. Late winter, Crawford Notch State Park

A close look at the needles of an eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) sapling. Each needle is flat, and the needles are mostly on the sides of the twig rather than on the top or bottom. Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles are almost identical, but can be distinguished by their aroma. There is considerable variability among individual trees. This one, like many in the vicinity of Arethusa Falls, has unusually long needles. I thought these might be a different species from the hemlocks I see lower down, but they are the same. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A close look at the needles of a red spruce (Picea rubens) sapling. Each needle is roughly square in cross-section, unlike the flat needles of the true firs (hemlock and balsam), and the needles grow all around the twig rather than just on the sides as in the firs. Many field guides will say that you can "roll" the needles of a spruce between your fingers. This is what they mean: the needles are not flat, but square. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A twig and cone of a red spruce (Picea rubens) lies on the snow. In late winter, the snow is littered with cones, twigs, and needles of spruce and fir. They may have been cut by a squirrel who then forgot to collect them, or simply blown down by the wind. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

The Arethusa Falls Trail, like any very popular trail, is well compacted and lies nearly two feet below the surrounding snow. The wind collects the winter's litter of cones, twigs, and needles into the trail. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A fallen yellow birch (Betula lutea) turns part of the Arethusa Falls Trail into an obstacle course. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A young hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) has succumbed to the winter gales. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A mixed hardwood and evergreen forest near Arethusa Falls. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 105 Times.

A bare white birch (Betula papyrifera) stands in stark contrast to the winter sky. Late winter, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 233 Times.

Orange-brown polypore fungus (family Polyporaceae), with a little bit of leafy ("foliose") green lichen, on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Moss, which remains green all winter and photosynthesizes any time there is enough light, pokes through the melting snow of late winter. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Orange-brown polypore fungus (family Polyporaceae) and leafy ("foliose") green lichen on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Orange-brown polypore fungus (family Polyporaceae) and a dense blanket of green moss on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Orange-brown polypore fungus (family Polyporaceae), leafy ("foliose") green lichen, and a little dark green moss on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Leafy ("foliose") green lichen on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 26 Times.

The stump of a winter-killed white pine (Pinus strobus) stands on the bank while the tree lies in the canal below. Winter, Mine Falls Park

It's interesting how this orange-brown polypore fungus (family Polyporaceae) grows only on the underside of this leaning dead tree. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Even in the relative shelter of Crawford Notch, winter gales keep this tall eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) perpetually leaning south. White birches (Betula papyrifera), cowering below the old giant, have a somewhat easier life. Mount Willey in the background. Winter, Crawford Notch State Park

Even in the relative shelter of Crawford Notch, winter gales keep this tall eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) clear of branches on its upwind side. Mount Willey in the background. Winter, Crawford Notch State Park

Old eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) are tortured by the frequent winter gales, while white birches (Betula papyrifera) live a more serene but shorter life. Mount Willey in the background. Winter, Crawford Notch State Park

A forest of bare hardwoods, including American beech (Fagus grandifolia), white birch (Betula papyrifera), hickories (Carya sp.) and others on the southward-facing north wall of the canyon of Bemis Brook. The snow lies at a seemingly impossible angle on the hillside. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A leaf-like green lichen spreading on the trunk of a dead tree. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Branches of a red spruce (Picea rubens) sapling overhang two seelings of red spruce peeking out from the snow. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Myriad species of fungus and lichen coat a broken stump, and are themselves coated with snow. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A garden of mosses and seedlings on top of a pink granite boulder and under a blanket of snow. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Lichen growing on a dead twig. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A tall eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands out against the skyline of the southern wall of the canyon of Bemis Brook. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

The steep southern wall of the canyon of Bemis Brook is mostly covered with evergreens, especially eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). Late on a winter morning, the sunshine is just beginning to appear at the tops of the trees at right. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Snow on a sawn log forms a neat white wedge nearly two feet high. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Buds of the hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium) seem to herald the spring, but this is the dead of winter. The hobblebush has borne nearly-opened leaf buds like this since October, and they will not really leaf out until near the end of April. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

A white birch (Betula papyrifera) with an injury in the process of healing. When the bark is cut, the tree first grows smooth, reddish bark like this, similar to the bark of a very young white birch. Later, this bark will become grayish and furrowed, almost like the bark of a maple. After many years, the bark will return to the usual chalky white. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park

Bare hardwoods, mostly white birch (Betula papyrifera) and some American beech (Fagus grandifolia) stand in stark contrast against the dark hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) and the steely blue winter sky. Winter, Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 118 Times.

White pines (Pinus strobus) stand like green towers over the shore of the Mill Pond, while the hardwoods put on the first blush of spring buds. Spring, Mine Falls Park

The annual greening of the forest floor begins with unfurling fern fiddleheads, Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) leaves, and other plants that survive the winter as underground rhizomes. Spring, Mine Falls Park

Duckweed (Lemna minor) emerges from winter dormancy before the snow has melted completely. It is one of the first green things to appear in spring. Early spring, Mine Falls Park

It's interesting that these two dead hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis), less than five feet apart, are infested with two different species of fungus. The one on the left has only a white polypore fungus, and the one on the right has only an orange fungus. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Close-up of a dead hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) infested with a white polypore fungus. Winter, Mine Falls Park

Close-up of a dead hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) infested with an orange fungus. Winter, Mine Falls Park

A hemlock tree (Tsuga canadensis) recently felled by a beaver (Castor canadensis). Beavers usually prefer the bark, twigs, and leaves of smooth-barked hardwoods like birch and beech. Here they have clearly eaten the bark from the stump, and from much of the felled tree. A couple of weeks after I first saw it (a week since I took this picture), the tree still lies where it fell. Late spring, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 124 Times.

The silver maple (Acer saccharinum) turns white, showing the underside of its leaves, right before a thunderstorm. This is not some mystical power of the silver maple, but a consequence of its normal growth. Its leaves are angled to be stable in the prevailing winds, but an unusual wind, such as the gusts preceding a thunderstorm, makes the leaves flutter or turn over completely, revealing their silvery undersides. Spring, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 232 Times.

This maple (Acer sp.) has a remarkable story. Like many trees on the western side of Pack Monadnock, it fell while still rather young when the shifting rocks left it insufficiently anchored. But, unlike most fallen trees, it continued to live. It took root near its "top," and a branch there began to develop into a new tree (at right, hidden behind some undergrowth). A new branch arose from near its original roots, and it, too, began to grow vertically (at left). Even in the middle, halfway between the two sets of roots and exalted a foot into the air over a gulley, a pair of branches began to become a tree. Unfortunately, decay has begun both to the left and especially to the right of the central pair of branches. The new trees at top and bottom will probably live, but the one in the middle will soon lose its connection to the roots, not to mention the support that is holding it up. I'll try to remember to keep an eye on this tree over the next few years. Spring, Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 144 Times.

A knee-high forest of juniper (Juniperus sp.). Spring, Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 114 Times.

Jack pine (Pinus banksiana). This small pine has very long needles growing in fascicles of two. Spring, Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 239 Times.

The Beaver Brook area has more thoroughly mixed groundcover than most places I know. Instead of a wide swath of one plant here and another there, all types of plants are everywhere! In this picture, we see New Hampshire's ubiquitous Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), Beaver Brook's equally ubiquitous partridge berry (Mitchella repens), numerous fringed polygala (Polygala panicifolia), and quite a few other small plants. Spring, Beaver Brook Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH Downloaded 405 Times.

Bark of the red pine (Pinus resinosa). It has a scaly appearance, like that of the pitch pine (P. rigida), but each scale is flaky, unlike the smooth scales of the pitch pine. Spring, Beaver Brook Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH Downloaded 264 Times.

An old poison ivy vine (Toxicodendron radicans) nearly strangling a tree. Spring, Beaver Brook Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH Downloaded 221 Times.

This stand of various clubmosses is just about the largest and densest that I know of. It forms a veritable ankle-high forest, and it contains all three species of clubmoss that I know, ground pine (Lycopodium clavatum), ground cedar (L. complanatum), and shining clubmoss (L. lucidulum). It also contains the largest specimens I know of ground pine and ground cedar clubmosses. Spring, Ripley Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 261 Times.

A red-brown oak (Quercus sp.) forms a perfect backdrop for a yellow-leafed white birch (Betula papyrifera). Fall, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 110 Times.

A red-brown oak (Quercus sp.) forms a perfect backdrop for a yellow-leafed white birch (Betula papyrifera). Fall, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 124 Times.

A single brown leaf in an oak (Quercus sp.) catches the cold sunshine of a winter afternoon. Winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 149 Times.

A large bracket fungus of the family Polyporaceae on a rotten log, fall, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 141 Times.

Frankenstein Cliff is lightly dusted with new-fallen snow, winter, Crawford Notch Downloaded 227 Times.

A tiny seedling maple (Acer sp.) holds onto its fall colors amid the brown litter of earlier fallen leaves. The laurels will remain green all winter. Fall, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 343 Times.

This large boulder, surrounded by bracken ferns, was obviously worn by flowing water for a very long time, but there are no rivers anywhere nearby, and there are no other such smooth-looking boulders in the area. It must have been scooped out of a riverbed by the ice sheets in the last ice age, then deposited here on the southeast side of Pack Monadnock. It may have come from the Connecticut River, about 50 miles away, or from many hundreds of miles away. Summer, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 307 Times.

In places on the north and west sides of Pack Monadnock, junipers (Juniperus sp.) are so abundant they could be called the dominant "tree." Fall, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 230 Times.

Close-up of the base of the same pine tree growing in a crack in the boulder. Fall, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 123 Times.

I count at least 30 annual growth rings in this 8-inch slice of red spruce (Picea rubens). Late fall, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 270 Times.

I haven't counted very precisely, but there are clearly well over 100 annual growth rings in this 18-inch slice of red spruce (Picea rubens). Late fall, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 209 Times.

Lightly falling snow glitters among the trees in the weak morning sunshine. Late fall, Arethusa Falls Trail, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 188 Times.

A small Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) near the edge of Frankenstein Cliff. Notice how water has worn a neat channel in the ledge right up to where it spills over into the forest far below. Late fall, Frankenstein Cliff, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 436 Times.

Oak leaf (Quercus sp.) on a water-smoothed glacial erratic. Fall, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 362 Times.

The last leg of the Frankenstein Cliff Trail is nearly level as it passes through a rich but rock-strewn forest. Contrast this with the sparse forest in the scree of the western slope of Pack Monadnock. Late fall, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 124 Times.

Cone of the Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana). Notice the needles. This is the only pine in northern New Engand with needles in fascicles of two. The needles are also much longer, but much stiffer than the needles of other pines in the region. Late fall, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 263 Times.

Looking west along Frankenstein Cliff (before we get to Frankenstein Cliff proper). Arethusa Falls is the white patch of ice near the head of the Bemis Brook Valley, just below the second dead branch (the "V" shaped one). Late fall, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 142 Times.

This dripping wet monolith offers cool shade and dampness on a hot summer afternoon as you descend Frankenstein Cliff. Spring, Crawford Notch State Park Downloaded 1,859 Times.

Close-up of bog vegetation on Mount Jackson includes red leaves of sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), summer, Presidential Range Downloaded 154 Times.

Mixed undergrowth on the sunlit northern bank of Bemis Brook above Arethusa Falls, including stiff aster (Aster linariifolius), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium), and numerous ferns and grasses, late summer, Crawford Notch Downloaded 148 Times.

A little garden of ferns on a granite boulder, late summer, Presidential Range Downloaded 319 Times.

A little garden of ferns on a granite boulder, late summer, Presidential Range Downloaded 288 Times.

Bakeapple berries (Vaccinium macrocarpon). This is actually a wild cranberry, also called bear berry, and distinct from the bakeapple berry of Newfoundland (Rubus chamaemorus), also called cloud berry. But it tastes like a baked apple, complete with cinnamon. They grow in the bogs on the northern slope of Mount Jackson, and this was a banner year. Most years, I only find two or three ripe berries. Late summer, Presidential Range Downloaded 161 Times.

Water spider (family Cybaeidae). The surface he's standing on is actually water with a dense growth of tiny duckweed (Lemna minor) floating on it. Summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 349 Times.

Underside of a fern leaf, summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 134 Times.

Berries of glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula). I had previously misidentified this plant as black gum, so that is what the picture file name says. Summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 165 Times.

Berries of glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula). I had previously misidentified this plant as black gum, so that is what the picture file name says. Summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 292 Times.

An aquatic flower garden, including pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) soft rush (Juncus effusus) and common cattail (Typha latifolia), summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 304 Times.

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), a very odd flowering plant that does not photosynthesize, but gets all its nutrients from fungi, summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 102 Times.

A dragonfly rests on a twig of glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula). I had previously misidentified this plant as black gum, so that is what the picture file name says. Summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 122 Times.

Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) in bloom, summer, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 198 Times.

Patch of wood sorrel (Oxalis montana). This is the native North American type. The common wood sorrel on your lawn or in your city park is more likely O. europaea, an invasive form. Early summer, Crawford Notch Downloaded 169 Times.

Various lichens and algae on a large granite outcrop, summer, Pack Monadnock Downloaded 335 Times.

The typical growth habit of the hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium), summer, Pack Mondadnock Downloaded 110 Times.

Red spruce (Picea rubens) stunted into "wild Bonsai" on top of Elephant Head, late spring, Crawford Notch Downloaded 252 Times.

"Wild Bonsai" red spruces (Picea rubens) on top of Mount Jackson, summer, Presidential Range Downloaded 139 Times.

Close-up of ferns and mosses, mid-spring, Crawford Notch Downloaded 143 Times.

Moss, ground pine clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum), lichen, and hemlock seedlings (Tsuga canadensis) on an undercut bank, late winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 131 Times.

Ground-pine clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum), late winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 113 Times.

Can't identify the species, or even genus, of most fungus, but I know this is of the family Polyporaceae. This is the "wallpaper" of one of my virtual computers. Late winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 177 Times.

Moss-covered roots, winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 113 Times.

Lichen on red pine, winter, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 132 Times.

Nearly-bare branches of oak against the steely sky, late fall, Mine Falls Park Downloaded 289 Times.