{"id":7587,"date":"2021-01-22T19:28:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2021-01-22T19:34:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:34:20","slug":"a-local-lockdown-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/22\/a-local-lockdown-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Local Lockdown Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A magnificent Stone Pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I live within easy reach of Kew Gardens, and after weeks of grey winter and grim news, it was a lovely moment in the sunshine among the fabulous variety of Pine trees – dozens of species – in the arboretum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gloriously abstract painterly bark of the Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana). It’s more reminiscent of laurels or the London Plane than of the craggy bark of many Pine species. It’s a graceful tree, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The tightly packed structure of the cone of the Atlas Cedar, a magnificent and elegant tree from the Maghreb hills of Algeria and Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flowers in January! Yes, it’s a member of the Hamamelidaceae, the Witch-Hazel family, but not one of the usual suspects. This is the Persian Ironwood, Parrotia persica, from Iran and the Caucasus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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