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Sycamore

Stark white and skeletal, sycamore trees are strikingly attractive during winter. The ball-like fruits yield seeds for a variety of birds, such as wintering purple finches. Wood ducks often nest in hollow sycamores --Jim Rathert

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January 2005 - Volume 66, Issue 1

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Artist - Mark Raithel
Photographer - Jim Rathert
Photographer - Cliff White
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Circulation - Laura Scheuler

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