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Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a broadleaved evergreen shrub in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States.
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Overview by Bridgehunter:
Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Laurel Street in Tampa
Location
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927 by the U.G.I. Contracting Co.; rehabilitated 1969
Builders
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- U.G.I. Contracting Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Design
Bascule Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.4 ft.
Total length: 365.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.5 ft.
Also called
Fortune Street Bridge (original name)
It is a shrub growing in the neighbor's garden.
I used my new macro lens that I recently bought (nikkor lens dx 85).
Laurel is a vigorous shrub that is often used to provide garden screening, The leaves and berries are very poisonous.
• Im Nebel verzaubert - der unter Naturschutz stehende Lorbeerbaumwald von Gomera (Welterbe der Unesco).
• In the fog enchanted - the laurel tree under protection Forest of Gomera (world heritage of the Unesco).
Along Laurel Run in western Maryland. It was a blast slowly walking out into the creek in my Teva water hiking shoes and setting up the tripod in all that motion and flow.
Spring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park brings brilliant colors, with deep green forests and bright pink and white mountain laurel.
As we celebrate Earth Day, I thought this image captured simply the beauty of nature without the distractions of man.
Visit GSMNP in the next few months to see for yourself!