I had never before spotted the metal tags on the trees along the west side of Lafayette Square, yet clearly they have been there for a while. This is not a "wow" oak, it is
a willow oak, but the growth of the tree has bent the tag:
On the tree beside it, the folding has gone farther, so that the tag is barely visible:
On the young, slim gingkos next just up from the oaks, the tags are still flat and wholly legible.
I assume that the tags are to inform visitors who might not know what the trees are. It took me a while in this area to learn what gingkos are, and much longer to learn to recognize a willow oak.
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