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Liquid Amber

Living in a country with no native deciduous trees (except Tasmanian Beech), it’s quite a novelty this time of the year when we get treated with spectacular colours of ’Fall’. Most notable of all cases, Liquid Amber aka American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) appears to ignite into flames of yellow, orange, red then deep purple.

Its a commonly planted tree in the many Shires, adapting to the Mediterranean climes of Perth from it’s homeland in warm temperate America. One in full bloom is a awesome sight to behold, but as transient as this display is, announcing the shorter colder days of winter, is soon gone leaving a bare frame behind. Take in the free things in life; the beauty of nature.

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5 Responses to “Liquid Amber”

  1. Dave Says:
    June 4th, 2008 at 6:32 am

    did you take these pics jase?
    they’re fantastic

  2. jason Says:
    June 4th, 2008 at 7:33 am

    Thanks Dave!

    yeah i take all the photos i post on my blog, unless otherwise stated.

    Would you believe taken just outside Glendalough traino !

  3. Dave Says:
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:08 am

    wow – good find!

  4. Some Loser on the Internet Says:
    June 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    We’ve got one of those next to the area we sit in for our breaks at work. Those spikey nut things scare me. I imagine they would hurt if they were to fall on someone’s head.

  5. jason Says:
    June 9th, 2008 at 4:12 am

    i would imagine if you stepped barefoot on one of them you would have something to complain about

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