There aren’t many trees in #Calgary with red leaves in autumn but here we have a Showy Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora) along the Bow River.

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Hiked the Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain in #Catskills

#hiking #hikingphotography
#photography #Catskills #GiantLedge #nature #naturephotography #autumn #forest #stunday #landscape #landscapephotography #stateparks #ProtectOurParks #EastCoastKin

Autumn is coming and the trees are already changing colours. Here’s a Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). From ChatGPT: In #Calgary and the Prairie provinces, Green Ash is 1 of the most common boulevard trees because it’s hardy in cold winters and tolerates urban conditions
#YYC #YYCtrees #Ogden

Things are happening in #Ogden! A community micro-forest has been planted off 18 St SE and the on ramp to Glenmore Trail West.

Will be cool to follow this over the years!

@calgary.ca #Calgary #YYC #YYCtrees

A pear tree! Maybe a Ure pear tree ( Pyrus ussuriensis × Pyrus communis as it is as hybrid).

According to ChatGPT it is the most common backyard hardy pear across the prairies and colder Canadian regions

Now we just need a partridge and we’ll be ready for Christmas!

#Calgary #YYC #Ogden #Trees

An apple tree (Malus pumila)!

“The domesticated apple is a remarkable tree having been used for millennia as a dessert and cooking fruit, and as the raw material for brewing cider” <— from University of Oxford

#trees #yyc #calgary #ogden

This was a nice change. Instead of a sign saying the tree was going to be cut down, it was a sign saying don’t cut this tree down, it’s worth $22k. Another tree had the same sign.

From ChatGPT:
American Elm (Ulmus Americana)

#Ogden #YYC @calgary.ca #Calgary #trees

Hey @calgary.ca I can understand why this tree is being removed but any time I see one of these signs none of the boxes are ticked. Last year I saw two beautiful trees in Ogden with these signs and no reason given.
Shouldn’t a reason be given?

This sign is on a tree in Riverbend

Another balsam poplar (populus balsamifera) along with sandbar willow (salix exigua) down in Beaver Dam Flats.

Both are common along riverbanks in North America. I was surprised by the number of poplars right on edge of the river.

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I really like looking down from the top of the ridge in Lynnwood and seeing these 3 Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) trees

Pioneer species: One of the first trees to colonize disturbed or open areas
Helps stabilize soil along rivers and prevent erosion
☝️ from ChatGPT & PictureThis

#YYC #Calgary

While out for a run in Ogden today I saw this tree, a syringa reticulata (Japanese tree lilac). Another lilac.

While the purple lilacs from an earlier post have shed all their purple flowers/leaves, this one still has all the white flowers and has a nice smell as I ran by.

#YYC #Ogden

So many #lilac trees & bushes in Ogden. Here are few, what appear to be, common lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) but with different shades of purple. They all smell nice when walking by them.

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Eastern Cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) in #Ogden #Calgary . First pic is from 2025-05. Second pic is the tree next to the first in 2024-06

ChatGPT estimates the 1st tree to be 50-80 years old. Houses in this part of Lynnwood / Ogden were built around 50 years ago.

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