If you look at wooded hillsides right now you’ll see that they’re almost all green, although some individual tree species are just putting out their leaves. Nature staggers growth and maturation so that not everything peaks at the same time, offering a form of protection for the environment.
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trees along wet areas, whose gray or creamy-colored bark makes them stand out, don’t leaf out until late in the spring. Some others that are just now showing their leaves are mulberry and hackberry trees…