Salix Babylonica IDed by small catkins sticking out at regular intervals along the branch and weeping willows’ distinct hanging branches.
Weeping Willow
Red Maple Flowers 2
A few other acer rubrums also IDed by flowers and bark. Inaccurate post date
Red Maple Flowers
Acer rubrum IDed by bark and red clustered flowers. Inaccurate post date.
Young Red Maple
Acer rubrum IDed as a maple by the opposite branching and buds, and as a red maple by the flowers and samaras. The pictures below are two separate visits a few weeks apart
Northern White Cedar
Thuja occidentalis IDed by multiple trunks (a relatively common feature); brownish-gray bark (young trees are more reddish-brown but this tree seems relatively old); scaly cypress-like leaves (Northern White Cedars are false-cedars); and small flower-like cones whose scales each have a small pointed tip. This website is helpful to ID this species.
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida IDed by bark and buds.
Young Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida IDed by distinctly bulbous buds.
Great Laurel (?)
A rather sad Rhododendron maximum IDed by glossy, evergreen, oval leaves. The flower buds seem to match, but idk.
Hinoki Cypress (?)
Chamaecyparis obtusa IDed by scaly cypress-like leaves and bark.
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis IDed by bark, pine cones, and its short needles whose stems are snug against the twig.
