Botanical Rants & Rambles, Part 1: In the Light of Early Winter | Glacial Park, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
My earliest childhood memories are of the leafless, stout-branched, and almost terrifying silhouettes of bur oaks (Quercus macrocarpa).
In my young mind's eye, these great trees were always set against the ever-changing panorama of the winter sky. They were, and thankfully still are, a common sight on my native ground, northeastern Illinois.
With its wide-spaced and contorted limbs, this most cold-hardy of the North American oaks is the lord of the Upper Midwestern landscape.
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botanical Rants & Rambles album.
Botanical Rants & Rambles, Part 1: In the Light of Early Winter | Glacial Park, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
My earliest childhood memories are of the leafless, stout-branched, and almost terrifying silhouettes of bur oaks (Quercus macrocarpa).
In my young mind's eye, these great trees were always set against the ever-changing panorama of the winter sky. They were, and thankfully still are, a common sight on my native ground, northeastern Illinois.
With its wide-spaced and contorted limbs, this most cold-hardy of the North American oaks is the lord of the Upper Midwestern landscape.
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botanical Rants & Rambles album.