Fall Colors 2011

Many trees dot the landscape with their fall color. Devil’s Walking Stick is a reliable purplish fall color, while Dawn Redwood has a mild hue to it. White Oak stands out of the crowd. Eastern Cottonwood can have some yellow in its fall color. Red Oaks are native here and I can see them easily […]

Monsters In the Valley

The layout of Kleckner Oasis is a bunch of hills with a lot of valleys in between them.  The valleys are host to some big cottonwoods(Populus deltoides). This Eastern Cottonwood tree is over 16 feet in circumference, and as with most of these giants, has been hit by lightning in years past.  Definitely stay away […]