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Red Bud

Cercis canadensis

Description:

Tree that has amazing clustered purple blooms that come off both the branches and off the trunk itself. So beautiful.

Habitat:

Central Park, NYC. Early spring.

Notes:

This has an edible flower during early spring. They are sweet and tart and great in salads!

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3 Comments

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

neat

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Thank you, I've been looking up all the trees in central park to identify it, but no luck so far.

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 12 years ago

Not quite sure what this is, though it's very pretty!

Ariana
Spotted by
Ariana

New York City, New York, USA

Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on May 3, 2011

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