Callery Pear (Pin Oak in the Background)

Pyrus calleryana IDed by buds (beginning to flower!) and grooved bark. Quercus palustris IDed by leaves.

Things to Consider:

Ablaut reduplication
Subliminal
Construe
Bibliokleptomania
Travesty
Lignin
Trichomes
Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem
MO
Convivial
Egad
Aphorism
Abject
Raffish
Vassal
Gruntled
Metacognition
False Consensus Effect
Raunchy
Ignominiously
Sycophant
Freeloader
Clandestine
Contrarian
Accoutrements
Rife
Piecemeal
Erratic
Monolithic
QC check
Morose
Trite
Unrequited
Precipitously
Impudent
Nickel-and-dime
Je ne sais quoi
Pretension
Pot meet kettle
Presage
Contrite
Penitence
Compunction
Canonical
Fecundity
Ursula K Leguin
Aversion
Pseudonym
Ruse
A cat amongst the pigeons
Verdant
Bespoke
Austere
Ascetic
Exorbitant
Bout
Province
Intractably
Penchant
Predilection
Jaunt
Pedantic
Rheum
Lackluster
In the dumber butter
Amnesty
Vacuous and jaded
Prosaic
Witty repartee
Mettle
Respite
Banality
Jabroni
Monogram
I’m off my rocker
Vapid
Insipid
Westering
Compliant
Irreparable
Just dwell on it already
Pensive
Empirical
Sink into deep despondency
Unequivocal
Non sequiturs
Debonair
Pertaining to
Stupor
Touchstone
Anachronism
Fortuitous
Conciliatory
Consecrated
Intractable
Disconcerted
Forestall
Preempt
Lucidity
Harry (the verb not the Potter)
Delirium
Abandoned all premeditation
Under the pretext of
Pedagogical
Diminution
Blackguard
Dissolution
Cessation
Jaundiced
Squalid
Haggard
Prostration
Conspire
Edify
Iniquity
Depravity
Was but the merest digression
Prefigure
Sui generis
To boot
Nebulous
Goad
Throes
Respite
Mottled
Redolent
Interminable
Upbraided
Frivolous
Parasol
Egregious
Lycanthropic powers
Placidly
Abutt
Invidious
Prosaic
Contempt and obloquy
Discomfiture
Ignominy
Fallacy
Au Courant
Belligerent
Pretend to be above the fray
Monomaniacal
Terse
Brusque
Ubiquitous
Lugubrious
De Profundis
Subterranean
Spite
By the seat of their britches
Lassitude
Grotto
Tableau
Kindly
Forthright
Parlance
Well-heeled
Outmoded
Libelous
Declaim
Bravura
Imposture
Pretense
Edifying
Deference
Reverential
Covenant
Headlong
Auspices
Admonition
Rabble
Ruddy
Voluminous
Have license
Ply
Conducive
Coquettish
Killjoy
Pennants
Lacquer
Phosphorescent
Esoteric
Just so
Lees
Scapular
Ancien régime
Macerated
Sumptuous
Abstruse
Relief
Tact
Tragic
Apoplectic (ally)
I think we ought to thank them, in the most usual way
Bode well
Extolled
Urbane
Seemly
Votive
Succour
Schlepping
Spirited
Blindsided
Obstinate
Brocade
Glaucous
Interminable
Jalousies
Anathema
Immured
Intoned
Specter
Ravings
Tepid
Functionary
What have you
Vacillation
Latent
Quiescent
Zero-sum
De facto
De jure
Critique
Cursory
Chthonian
Amorphous
Indigent
Chimera
Nascent
Pall
Stringent
Languorous
Edict
Janissary
Acolyte
Will-o-the-wisp

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