Broken branch of a Raintree

The structure of a golden raintree’s wood, revealed when a large limb broke in late June.

Looking up, June 19

Bark

The skin of a tree.
Here are: the characteristic camouflaged bark of the London plane (and one with lips!), the furrowed base of a very very old English elm, the warty skin of a hackberry, and the green-gray of the Japanese zelcova flaking away to reveal orange inner bark beneath.

And the deeply gouged bark of the Amur cork, which bears on one of its branches the carved legacy of someone named Moses.

What does the world look like from the perspective of a tree

Pictures taken from the ironwood tree on the south side of the tennis courts.

The old silver linden

I started out just taking pictures of trees I have always found particularly compelling - trees with a particular character or presence - like this old silver linden. I am not the only one who likes it; it is one of the most popular trees in the park for climbing. The Parks Department singles out this resilient old linden in its report on Fort Greene Park, stating that "The silver linden is split and hollow, has many exposed roots, and has undergone many 'salvaging' measures including cabling, cementing the cavities, and wrapping wire around the trunk to prevent the cavity from filling with garbage. The tree continues to thrive."