Reading the Landscape: Summer

Every landscape picture can turn into a ‘reading the landscape’ puzzle. What can you tell about the place from the picture above?

The lawn is green and recently mowed. The tracks of lawnmower are still visible.

The trees are darker green than they would be in spring…and quite lush. It is summer.

Looking at the leaves - The closer tree appears to be a maple and the one behind the maple is a tulip poplar. Both trees are quite common in the mid-Atlantic area of the eastern US. The picture does not show the size of the trunks or the height of the trees. The tulip poplars are generally the tallest trees of the forests where they grow.

Past the mowed part of the yard, there appears to be small opportunistic plants and beyond that it appears quite dark. Perhaps it is the edge of a forest.