What in the Woods is That?

Penelope Harris recently came across these on the underside of one of the leaves of a wild pagoda Dogwood on her property in northern Vermont. She knows what they are, do you?

Chris Wrinn took this photo at Sleeping Giant State Park in Connecticut. She wondered what it was. Do you know?

What’s the white stuff on this tree and on the ground?

Found on a hop hornbeam branch. What is it?

Tree seedling identification from a distance without intact buds or fully developed leaves: What kind of tree is this?

What’s piled up around the base of this tree?

We recently came across two trees (in one case a group of trees) perched up off the ground. What’s the cause of this phenomenon?

We found this pretty bolt in our firewood pile. Alright wood geeks, what species is it?

Home sweet home. What animal lives here?

A two-part question: What type of cones are these, and why are they in a pile?

This tree has a disease. What’s your diagnosis?

What is spilling out of this log? (Thanks to Bonnie Pease for the photo.)

A game camera captured this animal shape on a beaver dam in late January. What animal is it?

Christina Erickson came upon masses of these tiny black creatures in the woods in Charlotte, Vermont, just after Thanksgiving. What are they?

Cheryl Cullion came across this unusual mushroom in Intervale, New Hampshire. We’re wondering, what caused it to grow like this?

What is happening to the top of this stump? Clue: It is part of a long row of white spruce planted together decades ago and more recently thinned by removing every other tree. Thanks to Kyle…

This moss-covered mound, around 100 feet long and 4 feet wide, was spotted high on a mountain in a stand of red spruce and balsam fir. What do you think it might be?

Dana Hillesland sent us these photos she took in northwestern New Hampshire in October. We want to know: What in the Water is That?

What are we looking at here?

Spotted beside a pond. What’s on this sapling?