Sunday, March 25, 2012

Spring in the Marsh

I've decided to start a series of posts about the marsh we have in our back yard.  See yesterday's post for the start of the series.

For Macro Monday I went searching for the start of spring in the marsh.  The tide was high during the day so I had to stay up on the pier.  But right as the yard transitions to the marsh we have a handful of trees that hang over the pier.  The Hackberry in this area is starting to leaf-out and has flowers.  The flowers will turn into little berries by late summer (I'll have to see if I have any good pictures of them from past years for a future post).  The berries are quite small, BB-sized, with a large seed in the middle.  But the little flesh that is on them is quite sweet.  The raccoons in the marsh seem to really like them as do we.  In late summer we often grab a few as we walk by. 

Hackberry flowers

This tree has some odd behavior as well.  There are two trunks that grow up together.  We are not sure if it is two trunks of the same tree or two trees that grew together early on.  The later might be the case as the second one always seems to leaf-out a bit later.  But here is a picture of the leaf buds.  Enjoy.

Hackberry leaf buds

7 comments:

  1. Mmmmmmmmmm, I bet your yard is just simply spectacular in the Spring!!! Beautiful opening of the bushes and their buds.

    Here's my Macro...come on over and see if you can see the 'WAVE DRAGON' in glass. Happy Monday!!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. I like your glass dolphin.

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  2. Calling by as another Macro Monday participant, isn't it wonderful to be able to enjoy these first signs of Spring, as the leaf buds emerge.

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  3. Hackberries - never heard of them! That is great you can eat them! I will stop back by for more marsh photos!

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    1. Hackberries are nice native trees in the southeast US. The raccoons really like them too.

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  4. Very pretty. Thanks for sharing! If you have a chance please check out my friends blog. He's new to blogging and would love a few readers :) Thanks so much! www.bayratsketch.blogspot.com

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  5. Interesting looking plant.

    Strangely we don’t get many birds on the crab apples. I may leave them on the tree this year, as they do look good on the bare branches and we will see what comes along.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Australia

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