S. M. Garver - Jacksonville, Florida Scenes

Here are tree views in Jacksonville, Florida.
page 2 of 19 of Jacksonville scenes

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Eastern red cedar trying to cross the road. (February 2, 2024)
[Growing in the area between the sidewalk and the road is a tree with a relatively wide trunk. The top greenery of the tree is vertical for the lower third but then the upper parts start curving toward the road making an arc as if the tree is trying to grow across the road instead of upward.]

Slash pines are common in Florida. (March 11, 2015)
[Several evergreen trees with open branches that bend and swirl in irregular sections from the main branch. These are long-needled trees which have more greenery on the upper portions of the tree.]

A portion of the Forest Tower park (May 18, 2014)
[40-60 foot tall trees full of leaves hade this park. In this image is a bench along the sidewalk.]

Looking upward through one of the trees in Forest Tower park. (August 19, 2015)
[A web of many, many branches swirl out from the trunk of the tree. The outer portions of the branches are the ones with the long needles.]

Sycamore tree on the driveway to the Sam's Club parking lot as the leaves were starting to change color. (October 8, 2105)
[Approximately 50 foot globe-shaped tree with white bark and yellowish leaves stands out agains the evergreens behind and beside it. The sky is clear blue.]

Looking up the trunk of the tree in the prior photo.
[The bark on this tree is bright white. The yellow-green leaves on the tree cast shadows on the trunk. Some blue sky is seen between the leaves.]

Same tree as in prior two photos in wintertime (January 31, 2021)
[The bark on this tree is bright white and there are no leaves on the tree at all. The white bark contrasts with the green pine trees behind it.]

Roots of this sycamore tree (September 3, 2021)
[Roots of the tree bove ground have many circular swirled sections visible among the short green weeds on the ground.]

This sycamore tree has lost some of its leaves in this sunset image. (November 16, 2014)
[Approximately 50 foot globe-shaped tree with only about one quarter of the leaves remaining on the branches. The sky behind the tree is of blue, grey, and faintly pink.]

A new sycamore leaf (April 27, 2020)
[A close view of the very tiny brand new leaf. It is on a stem coming from a branch with full-grown leaves which are more than ten times larger than this small, perfectly formed one.]

A new shoot coming from the base of the magnolia tree.
[The new shoot is approximately three feet high and is full of leaves and has a magnolia fruit at the very top. The shoot curves out from the base of the tree trunk before heading vertical. The tree trunk is about six inches in diameter.]

The holes in these leaves created interesting patterns. (August 14, 2015)
[A vine-type plant is wrapped around a wood post that is part of a barbed wire fence. Some of the leaves are so eaten away that only the outline and veins are still there and visible. Other leaves have a bit more greenery, but still have a lot of holes in them.]

Sweet gum leaves (September 25, 2015)
[A close view of a bunch of five-pointed star-shaped leaves. The leaves are green with tinges of purple at the edges.]

Red maple leaves (November 5, 2018)
[A close view of one green leaf, which has many white spots on it, and the red-brown stem from which it hangs at the top. The veins of the leaf radiate from the stem to the outer edges of the leaf.]

I don't know what kind of leaves these are, but I thought the color was interesting. (October 8, 2015)
[A close view of four large leaves individually attached to a branch in a row. The veins of the leaves are a much darker green than the rest of the leaf which is a yellow-green.]

This Century plant, which is not a tree even though it is taller than many of them, did not survive the storm. It takes approximately 20-30 years before it blooms one time and then dies. What would have been the blooms are on the left side close to the ground. (July 8, 2022)
[The plant has leaves at its base and then grows approximately 25-30 foot tall, but this one broke in half and has the shape of an upside-down vee. The branches which would have the blooms are near the ground on the left side while the base of the plant is on the right side.]

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