On Saturday, April 3rd, Chris O’Bryan led a Tree Walk & Talk at Baringer Hill in Cherokee Park. An early morning spring shower threatened to postpone the event, but the members of the Olmsted Park Conservancy who did attend were rewarded with sunshine just as the walk began.
The primary topic of the walk was tree identification, but included a bit of tree appreciation as well. Since most of the deciduous trees have not leafed out yet, the attendees of the walk learned identify based on bud development and bark. Trees covered included American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea), Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), Sassafras (Sassafras albidum), Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), and American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis).