Gigapan Numero Dos!

It has been a couple weeks since we last looked at our trees located within the gigapan’s we took the first time. When we went back to find our marvelous group of trees, we notice they changed! The leaves have either fallen off, or changed into pretty colors! The three species of tree I had identified in my first blog post did not look that same as before, and compared to each other they looked nothing alike. Well, except for one, the Ashe Juniper. The Ashe Juniper is an evergreen, which means it will not lose its leaves. Therefore, it looks as green and luscious as it did a few weeks ago! The other two trees, however, made quite a difference!  The American Hornbeam had lost mostly all of its leaves, and the few little guys that were still hanging on, had changed into a bright red, which is common for this specie of tree. The leaves of the American Hornbeam can change into a redish color, deep scarlet, and orange. The leaves of this tree also began to fall in autumn; therefore they are right on target! My third and final specie of tree was the Spanish Oak! The Spanish Oak’s leaves had not fallen off yet, however they were turning into and orange and red color.  The American Hornbeam and the Spanish Oak both lose their leaves because they are deciduous, which is different from the Ashe Juniper!  All the trees change/ drop their leaves at different times, because they are different types of tree species. If they were the same they would drop around the same time, however, that would be no fun! All trees are different some each other in one way or another. That’s why it’s so pretty in the fall!