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CC0040 - Torso 2 - Blk & White Whitewashed effect
Bleached blonde beech leaves

DP104-2-13  Posted April 14; processed ditto.

Young beech trees form part of the understory in many mixed hardwood forests in SE Michigan.  Over the winter the leaves, which are retained even more tenaciously than oak leaves, lose their color.  Because the young beeches send their branches out nearly horizontally, much like dogwoods, at a distance, a woods full of young beeches bears a startling resemblance to a woods full of wild dogwood in bloom at this time of year.

Along the 'Old Field Trail' at the Gerald Eddy Discovery Center, Waterloo Recreation Area, 
Washtenaw County, Michigan
April 12, 2013
CC0040 - Torso 2 - Blk & White Whitewashed effect
Bleached performs at the Red 7 Patio - SXSW 2013 - 
http://helloBleached.tumblr.com - 
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS20342
Bleached performs at the Red 7 Patio - SXSW 2013 - 
http://helloBleached.tumblr.com - 
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS20342
Bleached performs at the Red 7 Patio - SXSW 2013 - 
http://helloBleached.tumblr.com - 
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS20342
Bleached performs at the Red 7 Patio - SXSW 2013 - 
http://helloBleached.tumblr.com - 
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS20342
Bleached performs at the Red 7 Patio - SXSW 2013 - 
http://helloBleached.tumblr.com - 
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS20342
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See photo in original gallery.