A mature Mexican blue oak on a dry Southwestern hillside, its blue-gray foliage visible even from a distance. Photo: AZoaktree, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A 150-year-old chinkapin oak in Ann Arbor, Michigan, showing the broad, spreading crown the species develops in the open. Photo: Kim Scarborough, Wikimedia Commons (CC
Mature Sugar Pines rising above the surrounding canopy in Kings Canyon National Park. Photo: David Prasad, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Pinus lambertiana, the Sugar
A young Bigleaf Magnolia’s tiered canopy of huge leaves, arranged to catch understory light. Photo: Chhe, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Magnolia macrophylla, commonly called Bigleaf
Loblolly bay in full bloom, growing beside slash pine in its native wet pineland habitat. Photo: M.Aurelius / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Gordonia lasianthus, commonly called
Butternut’s broad crown and distinctive diamond-furrowed bark, Redwood Park, British Columbia. Photo: Illustratedjc / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Juglans cinerea, commonly known as Butternut
Sacred datura growing wild in the Panamint Valley, its trumpet flower open in the cool morning air. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
A mature green hawthorn showing the species’ characteristic broad, rounded crown. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Crataegus viridis, commonly called
American smoke tree’s typical rounded, multi-stemmed form in full summer leaf. Photo: Sten Porse, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Cotinus obovatus, the American Smoke Tree,
A flowering mound of green and gold, its five-petaled yellow stars rising just above a low mat of hairy, toothed leaves. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz,
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