Thanks to Alonso Abugattas, the Capital Naturalist, for presenting “The Beauty and Magic of Winter Trees.” Meet my trail friend Manny the Musclewood tree (aka Ironwood, American Hornbeam and Carpinus caroliniana). Check out the Winter Tree Finder book to help you identify deciduous trees using bark and twigs as clues. (https://a.co/d/2Ds1s0j) Speaking of bark, I mentioned that the The Natural History Society of Maryland is offering a course about bark ID. The session is now full. Find out about

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