Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date (D-M-Y): 14 - 4 - 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
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Keywords: Forest Ecology Garden-1 magenta flower pink flower red flower Redbud tree white flower
Additional Information:

This page is dedicated to the memory of Minister Hurley C. Bowling, a family friend and remarkable role model.   Hurley was born in Oklahoma and witnessed the dust bowl and Great Depression.   The Eastern Redbud is the state tree of Oklahoma.   Eastern Redbuds are ablaze with pink, magenta, or sometimes white, flowers in spring before their leaves expand.   The flowers give life to many bees species, including the Giant Carpenter Bee, which feed on their nectar and pollen and also feed them to their young.   All of these photos are from 14 April 2001. 

Figures 1–4.   Wild trees along the C & O Canal, Montgomery County, MD.
Figure 5.  Flowers that emerged from the trunk of a cultivated tree in Montgomery County, MD.