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,
Atlantic pigeonwings in flower, a wild plant growing in Great Falls Park, Fairfax County, Virginia. Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Western redbud’s dense, multi-stemmed growth habit, shown here in summer foliage with ripening seed pods. Photo: Jcomeau ictx, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Cercis occidentalis
Black grama forms low, wiry, blue-green clumps across rocky desert grassland. Photo: Matt Lavin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Bouteloua eriopoda, commonly known as Black
Striped maple foliage and drooping flower/seed clusters in a shaded forest understory. Photo: Jason Hollinger, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Acer pensylvanicum, commonly called Striped
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