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Mesquite – There’s a Love/Hate Relationship

May 11, 2012 West Wind Artwork & Hobby WoodworkingCompanyExplorationOur TravelsPhotos

On our annual Mexican road-trip inland, we were drawn to the beauty of the mesquite tree.  The traveler sees twisted, crooked limbs, sharp spiteful thorns amid flowers looking like long spikes of yellow catkins and delicate feather-like leaves; as yet, seasonal pods have not matured.  There is a delicate fragrance perfuming the arid landscape. Mesquite [...]

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European Beech

January 13, 2012 West Wind ExplorationHardwood & SoftwoodOur TravelsPhotos

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Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagacaea.  It has a natural range extending from southern Sweden though to central Italy, west to France, northern Portugal and central Spain.  Although oft regarded as a native in southern England, recent evidence suggests it did not reach here after until [...]

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