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.
Color me puzzled about purpose of tags ....
ReplyDeleteI 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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