It is native to South Central and Southwest China. The leaves are mostly 10–20 cm long and 7–15 cm wide and are ovate to heart-shaped. Davidia involucrata is best known for its inflorescence that features white bracts surrounding a purplish-red flower head. Each flower head with a pair of large (12–25 cm), pure white bracts at the base performing the function of petals. On a breezy day, the bracts flutter in the wind like white doves or pinched handkerchiefs, hence the English names for this tree.

Brooklyn Botanical Garden, NYC

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Seychelles

A male Tree Swallow on a fence along Wiley Road.

Carden Alvar,Ontario

Canada

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Grauwe abeel (Populus canescens)

Early mornings are the best for reflections.

Tree Pipit

Backlight trees in a very thin layer of fog.

The light pattern coming out of the trees is natural. We were at the altitude of the limit of the clouds and we were coming in and out of the clouds. I waited for the clouds to move up, and shot into the sun, with a light layer of clouds in between the sun and me, creating the star-shaped flare in the fog. It was a very beautiful moment.

Trees will always leave me in awe, especially when they are big enough to feel like a home. This was such peaceful place and I could have been sitting there for ever watching all the animals living there.

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This is "Angel Oak", a Southern Live Oak tree on Johns Island, South Carolina near Charleston. Its age has been estimated at 400+ years but some estimates put it much older. It is still very much alive in spite of being damaged by hurricanes. The amazing thing about it is the vast canopy from its many twisting branches. The longest branch is 187ft long and its canopy shades an area of 17,200 square feet. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak.

Pictures cannot do justice to what a magnificent tree this is, and I found it surprisingly difficult to capture. A wide angle will get the full canopy but one loses some of the enormity of the trunk and the delightfully twisted growth. A closer view of the trunk loses the mass of branches and some of the wonderful light mottling from the early morning sun. I opted for an in-between crop to keep the light quality but also to try to convey some of the detail on the trunk. The back side of the tree offers some interesting perspectives as well, with some of the branches acting as interesting leading lines. Unfortunately you are not allowed to setup a tripod within the mulched area around the tree so I wasn't able to get a satisfactory shot from behind. This is my last picture from the series I took on recent trip to Charleston/Johns Island/Seabrook Island/Kiawah Island. So many more things I wanted to capture but couldn't get to.

I've been here before with my point-and-shoot but I wanted to get a good quality picture without any other people in the frame. Unfortunately there are lots of signs that can be seen around the base, I would have preferred a more natural look. The tree is in a fenced and guarded park so I arrived promptly at 9am opening so I could get my photo before other tourists encroached on the photo opp. This is also the best light of the day (as the park closes at 5pm, well before sunset).

EDIT: Taking up Tim's recommendation below, I was able to photoshop the signs out making for a more natural-looking pic. I'm still no photoshop expert and I'm sure a forensic photo analyzer would find sure signs of my tampering, but it's close enough for my satisfaction.

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To me, this looks like someone got trapped in a tree by a magicians spell. With Holloween coming I was looking for something scary, and this is the best I could come up with.

This unusual tree is on the Ringling estate in Sarasota, otherwise known as Ca' d'Zan. It's where John and Mabel Ringling lived and, now is a museum with sprawling gardens on Sarasota Bay.

This also reminds me of an Ent of LOTR fame. Of course, we have Peter Jackson's idea what they looked like; but before that, when I read the books, I imagined something like this. Maybe trees do have awareness, and we can communicate somehow. That would be a lot of fun, not scary at all. I'll look for something more frightening.

I saw this row of poplars in a local calender so as i was passing here at lunchtime i could not resist a few grab shots!

#50....Explore....30/10/2013.

Three days later and the trees are still covered in snow and frost.

I was lucky enough to get into the Roaches while it was still snowing and wreathed in fog.

By the way this is a colour photo, as you will realise when you spot the little pink coated.........

Tree on a misty morning at Eye Bridge near Wimborne.

from the serie "a sunday walk in the park"

Bekendelle Winterswijk

I wonder how many trees greet the dawn each day?

SOOC

see that tree?

Lambertville, NJ

Lloyd Park, Walthamstow, East London, UK

Another from my local woods taken yesterday morning.

Höst

An avenue next to Herrenchiemsee/castle

besides all the commercialism around Christmas time, Christmas Eve and Christmas tree, as I imagine a Christmas tree. That's mood in its original form.

An interesting branching out of a tree along our hiking trail.

....sadly no caff there these days

Seen at Muir Woods National Monument

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