dcr
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Registered: February 2004
Posts: 1,317
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I'm not fond of winter, so this shot from my backyard early this past summer attracts my eye. The background tree is a box elder, or ash-leaved maple. It is the only maple tree with compound leaves, usually 3 to 5 but sometimes up to 9 leafets to a leaf. Many consider it to be a weed-tree, as it grows very rapidly and spreads with ease. Because of its rapid growth the wood is soft and weak and not of much use commercially. This robin likes it as a nesting site.
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