Well, that was awkward.
I was so excited to think that we were fortunate enough to have an Eastern Hemlock on our property, but it turns out I was wrong.
Did you know that there is a Department of Urban Forestry, run by Fairfax County? Well, our friendly forester came to Holy Comforter (free) to do some tree identification.
I announced, proudly, that we had a Hemlock. And he assured me that we didn’t. What we have is a Yew tree. He could tell by looking at the length of the leaves.
Oh, well, I suppose the Pileated Woodpeckers could tell the difference. I have not seen any of them around the Yew tree.
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