Wallingford 4/20

Location:Wallingford, Seattle, near Gas Works Park
Weather: sunny, warm, smoggy
Climate: wet, windy
Time of day: close to sunset (around 7:30 PM)

Wallingford has a large variety of trees growing on its city blocks. The most abundant are Japanese Maple Trees which exist in green and red. Both varieties can be seen in Wallingford. The Japanese Maple can also be turned into a Bonsai Tree by controlling its growth. The second most abundant tree in Wallingford is the Cherry Tree. There are lots of the common Cherry Blossom Trees, and I also saw and photographed a Japanese Cherry. I also saw a katsura which has heart shaped leaves that looked and felt like lily pads. I also saw some type of Chestnut tree, but i didn't see any nuts on it so it is proving to be hard to identify. I also saw a Juniper that looked really out of place among all the maples and cherry trees. It has odd blue berries in small bundles. The last tree i saw I'm fairly certain is an elephant tree because it has weird branches that curl across each other to almost look like elephant trunks. The flowers i saw were magnolias, and Lenten Rose. Lenten Rose is a weird flower that is green and purple. The texture is more like an algae or some aquatic plant than a flower. The last thing i saw was Common Ivy in its mature form, which looks nothing like its juvenile form that is more commonly seen. Mature ivy has spiky leaves and blue berries, very different from the vine like Ivy I am use to seeing!

Species List:
Elephant Tree
Common Ivy
Magnolia
Chestnut
Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum)
Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
Cherry
Japanese Maple

Posted on April 30, 2012 06:01 PM by