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Todd Forrest says: "This looks like a maple tree. Maple wood is
what they use for bowling alleys." Photo by Roe Ethridge


Todd Forrest says: "These are palms and a cypress."
Photo by Kevin Trageser


Todd Forrest says: "This is Casuarina equisetifolia, the Australian pine, which is not really
a pine and is one of the nastiest invasives out there. It hurts your feet when you walk on the beach."
Photo by Isabel Asha Penzlien


Todd Forrest says: "These are just run-of-the-mill woods somewhere up north. Most
likely oaks, maples, hickories…that sort of thing." Photo by Michael Vahrenwald


Todd Forrest says: "Here is the Norfolk Island pine, houseplant extraordinaire."
Photo by Todd Seelie


Todd Forrest says: "The birch tree. Best for canoes and beer."
Photo by Glynnis McDaris


Todd Forrest says: "I'd guess this is an oak savannah somewhere in California.
It's pretty. Probably the site of a future housing development."
Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg


Todd Forrest says: "These are coconut palms. The fruits float
across oceans and the seeds germinate on faraway beaches."
Photo by Jeremiah Clancy


Todd Forrest says: "Who knows for sure? Possibly the bark
of a flowering dogwood, a beautiful tree that's dying everywhere."
Photo by Peter Sutherland

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