tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post8029562445876108635..comments2024-03-23T15:06:27.495-05:00Comments on The Lucas Countyan: A walk in the woodsFrank D. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553291415988366101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-49050347210366525492013-05-18T09:36:20.375-05:002013-05-18T09:36:20.375-05:00Hi John --- We had a great day. Thanks for the cla...Hi John --- We had a great day. Thanks for the clarifications.Frank D. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553291415988366101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-27261991688463157772013-05-17T09:24:26.382-05:002013-05-17T09:24:26.382-05:00Hello Frank, that was indeed a shagbark hickory - ...Hello Frank, that was indeed a shagbark hickory - the scales of it buds enlarge to red petal-like bracts when the leaves first emerge, then soon fall off. Your "chestnut" is more accurately the closely related Buckeye (Aesculus glabra instead of Aesculus hippocastanum). Look slike you had a great day in the woods!John Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697423970316802127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-73820210724164533342013-05-17T07:31:54.603-05:002013-05-17T07:31:54.603-05:00Beautiful pictures, good friends.Beautiful pictures, good friends.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124925365161921144noreply@blogger.com