Leafy tree!

H.Waller
Date: 25 October 2008
Time: 1145
Location: Oaks Park
Weather: clear, but chilly. 45 degrees.

I am in Portland today for my final regatta of the fall season of crew. While the city is bigger than Salem, it still manages to include as much or more trees into the landscape as Salem does. I notice one tree in particular across the river as the beautiful park called Oaks Park from which we are launching. This tree is average height, but it is entirely covered in leaves all the way from the roots up to the end of every single branch. It looks almost fictional. The trees that I observed last weekend on the hike with my parents remind me somewhat of it, because they too were covered completely in green. But the encasing in which they were surrounded was moss, and these are actual leaves. It is fascinating to look at, and I have never seen so many leaves on one tree. I wish I could get a closer look to see how the leaves are attached. My prediction is there are probably a bunch of little sticks coming out of the trunk on which the leaves are stuck.