Cape May County Explorations

[manumuskin]

I saw three box turtles who had dug into the edge of a brackish marsh, all in different areas. Two of the photos are below. What's up with that?

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Digging in for fall? My Black Lab Sophie used to dig them out of the mud,i guess she could smell them

 

[bobpbx]

I"ll say Persimmon

I have to admit, I did not look at the leaves, and I winged it because the bark is familiar to me, and points to Sassafras.

I have a book that id's trees by the bark, and it could be tulip or black walnut too. I'll slide by there again in the coming days.

 

[manumuskin]

I have to admit, I did not look at the leaves, and I winged it because the bark is familiar to me, and points to Sassafras.

I have a book that id's trees by the bark, and it could be tulip or black walnut too. I'll slide by there again in the coming days.

I thought persimmon was lumpier,more square chunks covered with warts.sassafras usually don't look that rough but yes that was a bigger tree then normal so it must rough up as it gets older.If I coulda smelled the picture I would have known