December Leaves
by Kathy K McClellan
Title
December Leaves
Artist
Kathy K McClellan
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
We don't get as much color along the Mississippi Gulf Coast as the northern and mountainous regions of the United States but the color that we get is later in the season.
This image is a photograph taken in the middle of December of Chinese Tallow trees, more commonly known in the south as Popcorn Trees. They get that nickname because of the berries they bear that start out white, looking like popcorn on the trees.
The Chinese Tallow tree is also called the Florida Aspen, Chicken Tree, Gray Popcorn Tree and Candleberry Tree.
The candleberry tree name comes from the fact that candles are made from the sap.
This tree is a non-native invasive tree. It is native to eastern Asia, more commonly China, Tiawan and Japan and chokes out native plants where it has established itself in the southern US.
The white berries turn a dark purple in the fall when the leaves turn a brilliant red, orange and/or yellow. It is one of the few trees along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that give us that beautiful Autumn coloring.
This image has been featured in the following FAA/Pixels groups:
The Coastal Areas Of The Gulf Of Mexico 12/12/2015
Images That Excite 12/12/2015
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December 11th, 2015
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Comments (4)
John Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in "Images That Excite You!"
Kathy K McClellan replied:
Thank you John for the feature and for adding this image to your Favorites list.
Kathy K McClellan
This image has been featured in the Fine Art America group The Coastal Areas of The Gulf Of Mexico.
Roberta Byram
Gorgeous!!! l/f/Twitter
Kathy K McClellan replied:
Thanks! We don't get as much color here as you do but we get a little and we get it later! Thank you Roberta for your Like, Tweet and for adding this image to your Favorites list.
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