Sunil has been practicing his tree identification skills. He identified the tree in our backyard as a Basswood. They aren't precisely rare but they are uncommon in Texas. It was probably a scrub tree that was left from before the construction rather than a cultivated choice. It provides shade for the hammock and the bird house that's good enough for me.
His identification of the tree in the front yard ended in a tie between a Coastal Live Oak and a Gray Oak but even the guide book says that it can't hlep with hybrids and most Oaks in Texas are hybrids.
The little twig of a tree that we planted when we moved in is now taller than I am and, thankfully, fuller too. He identified it as a specific kind of Maple, but I don't remember the particulars.
The one that we haven't gotten too yet is pictured here....
These pictures are from our walk by the creek but I forgot to show them to him while the guide book was out. Ah well... something for us to do this evening.
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Redbud?
We still haven't looked, but the seed pods look like the soybeans that we steamed for dinner last night.
A failure of the guide book... we can't say for sure. I'm leaning towards redbud, but the leaves aren't pictured for the book (only the flowers) and the seed pods are described as black which these clearly aren't but there are different varieties and different stages.
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