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Category: Hiking

Photo of the day: Yellow Cow Wood
May 2, 2019 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

Photo of the day: Yellow Cow Wood

These tiny red flowers come from a native Hong Kong tree called Yellow Cow Wood (cratoxylum cochinchinense), which is in […]

Photo of the day: Wax Tree
Apr 29, 2019 4 Comments by urbantreelover Hiking

Photo of the day: Wax Tree

I spotted this large cluster of tiny bean-like fruit while walking along Bowen Road. Thanks to tree and arboreal expert […]

Sweet Gums of Yangmingshan
Nov 16, 2018 3 Comments by urbantreelover Hiking

Sweet Gums of Yangmingshan

Specie: Sweet Gum Location: Yangmingshan Park, Taipei Yangmingshan is a mountain just north of Taipei in Taiwan. While there are […]

Hong Kong Corals
Feb 24, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Coral Tree (erythrina variegata 刺桐)

Hong Kong Corals

Specie: Coral Tree (erythrina variegata 刺桐) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/36 Location: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay (near the tennis […]

2 passions
Jan 13, 2018 1 Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

2 passions

Specie: various Location: various  In recent years, I discovered two passions that luckily go together like peanut butter and jelly, […]

Sweet Gums in Tai Po Kau
Jan 3, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

Sweet Gums in Tai Po Kau

Specie: Sweet Gum (liquidambar formosa 楓香) Location: Tai Po Kau Nature Trail I was fortunate enough to get a chance […]

Autumn Maple on Magazine Gap Rd
Nov 30, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Autumn Maple

Autumn Maple on Magazine Gap Rd

Specie: Autumn Maple (bischofia javanica) Location: Magazine Gap Road above May Rd junction Came across this Autumn Maple tree, also […]

The Cathedral on the Peak
Oct 30, 2017 1 Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

The Cathedral on the Peak

Specie: Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) OVT Registrar: LCSD CW/134 Location: Lugard Road, Victoria Peak Indian Rubber Trees are quite common […]

Orange star
Oct 21, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

Orange star

Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia Location: Bowen Road just after the parking lot  Came across this hanging star, the fruit of the […]

Yosemite
Oct 13, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

Yosemite

Species: Sequoies, pondarosa pines, black oaks, canyon live oaks Location: Yosemite National Park I had the tremendous good fortune to […]

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the Morning Trail
Jul 2, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Camphor tree

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the Morning Trail

Specie: Chinese Banyan and (dead) Cinnamon Camphor Location, Kotewall Road and overpass at the start of the Morning Trail above […]

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