"Certhia familiaris, the Tree Creeper, the coloration of both sexes is brown, black, rufous, buff, grey, and white." A. H. Evans, 1900

Tree Creeper

"Certhia familiaris, the Tree Creeper, the coloration of both sexes is brown, black, rufous, buff, grey,…

"Mniotilta varia, the Black and White Warbler, The general coloration is olive-green, grey, or slaty-blue, with yellow or rarely orange under parts; chestnut marks, white wing-bands, and the like, occasionally relieving plumage. The head is particularly dark and streaky. Mniotilta, exhibits black and white stripes." A. H. Evans, 1900

Black and White Warbler

"Mniotilta varia, the Black and White Warbler, The general coloration is olive-green, grey, or slaty-blue,…

"Rhamphocoelus brasilius, the Brazilian Tanager, ...are chiefly small in size; the sexes are commonly similar, but the female is often duller, or even quite different form the male. The prevailing colours are black and red." A. H. Evans, 1900

Brazilian Tanager

"Rhamphocoelus brasilius, the Brazilian Tanager, ...are chiefly small in size; the sexes are commonly…

It is favored by conditions in woodland clearings and at the earl stages of coppicing. Growth and flowering are restricted a the tree canopy develops.

Creeping Soft Grass

It is favored by conditions in woodland clearings and at the earl stages of coppicing. Growth and flowering…

The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized fern. Fossil ferns such as this acient tree fern are often found in association with coal seams.

Fossilized Coal Ferns

The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation…

The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized fern. Fossil ferns such as these are often found in association with coal seams. Fossil of scale tree, Lipidodendra.

Fossilized Coal Ferns

The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation…

Sigillaria is the generic name assigned to this ancient arborescent lycopod. Occassionally the trunks were smooth. Extinct genus of tree-sized lycopsids from the Carboniferous Period (about 360 to 300 million years ago) that are related to modern club mosses. Sigillaria had a single or sparsely branched trunk characterized by a slender strand of wood and thick bark.

Sigillaria, An Ancient Tree

Sigillaria is the generic name assigned to this ancient arborescent lycopod. Occassionally the trunks…

Pecopteris, frond of an ancient tree fern, was a form genus of leaves from several unrelated plant groups that flourished the early Carboniferous period and on to c. 250 Ma. Pecopteris first appeared in the Devonian period, but flourished in the Carboniferous, especially the Pennsylvanian. Plants bearing these leaves went extinct around the beginning of the Permian period.

Pecopteris Tree Fern

Pecopteris, frond of an ancient tree fern, was a form genus of leaves from several unrelated plant groups…

Prawns are crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. They are similar in appearance to shrimp, but can be distinguished by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro="tree"; branchia="gill"), but is lamellar in shrimp.

Prawn

Prawns are crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. They are similar in appearance…

An illustration of a young girl watching a bird in a small tree.

Girl Looking at Bird in Tree

An illustration of a young girl watching a bird in a small tree.

An illustration of a birdhouse in a tree limb.

Birdhouse in Tree Limb

An illustration of a birdhouse in a tree limb.

An illustration of a pig walking away from a fruit tree.

Pig Walking Away From Fruit Tree

An illustration of a pig walking away from a fruit tree.

"Branch and Pod of Honey-locust (Gleditschia triacanthos). GLEDITSCHIA. A genus of leguminous thorny trees, with abruptly once or twice pinnate leaves, inconspicuous greenish and polygamous flowers, and flat pods." -Whitney, 1911

Honey Locust

"Branch and Pod of Honey-locust (Gleditschia triacanthos). GLEDITSCHIA. A genus of leguminous thorny…

Two European Redwing birds sitting on a tree branch. These song birds are usually brown with darker brown spots and white underparts. They also have red flanks and an off-white stripe above their eye. Male and female are similar in color.

European Redwing

Two European Redwing birds sitting on a tree branch. These song birds are usually brown with darker…

Section of the fruit of the Apple Guava (Psidium guayava), a small tree in the Myrtaceae family.

Apple Guava

Section of the fruit of the Apple Guava (Psidium guayava), a small tree in the Myrtaceae family.

Reynard the Fox, wearing a monk's hood, hides under a tree waiting to pounce on Copple the Hen.

Reynard the Fox: Hunting Chickens

Reynard the Fox, wearing a monk's hood, hides under a tree waiting to pounce on Copple the Hen.

The Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a tree in the Fabaceae family of legumes. It was also known as the synonym Gymnocladus Canadensis. "a, part of male flwer, showing stamens; b, fruit; c, seed." -Whitney, 1911

Kentucky Coffeetree

The Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a tree in the Fabaceae family of legumes. It was also…

The Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata) is a plant in the Cyatheaceae family of tree ferns. It was also known as the synonym Gymnogramme tartarea.

Silver Fern

The Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata) is a plant in the Cyatheaceae family of tree ferns. It was also known…

Gymnogramme hispida is a species of tree ferns in the Cyatheaceae family.

Tree Fern

Gymnogramme hispida is a species of tree ferns in the Cyatheaceae family.

Reynard the Fox bets Bruin the Bear that he cannot eat a lot of honey without getting an upset stomach. The bet is really a trick to get Bruin caught stealing honey from a carpenter's tree.

Reynard the Fox: Tricking Bruin

Reynard the Fox bets Bruin the Bear that he cannot eat a lot of honey without getting an upset stomach.…

Reynard the Fox takes Bruin the Bear to a carpenter's house to find a tree with honey in it. Reynard bets Bruin he cannot eat a lot of honey knowing he will be caught by the carpenter.

Reynard the Fox: Bruin's Bet

Reynard the Fox takes Bruin the Bear to a carpenter's house to find a tree with honey in it. Reynard…

Reynard the Fox bets Bruin the Bear that he cannot eat a lot of honey without getting an upset stomach. He takes him to a tree outside of a carpenter's house. Bruin gets his head stuck in the tree while the village is after the bear.

Reynard the Fox: Bruin is Stuck

Reynard the Fox bets Bruin the Bear that he cannot eat a lot of honey without getting an upset stomach.…

Reynard the Fox shouts to Bruin the Bear, making fun of him for getting his head stuck in the tree to get honey.

Reynard the Fox: Shouting to Bruin

Reynard the Fox shouts to Bruin the Bear, making fun of him for getting his head stuck in the tree to…

Reynard the Fox taunts Bruin the Bear who is hurt after getting his head stuck in a tree to get honey.

Reynard the Fox: Taunting Bruin

Reynard the Fox taunts Bruin the Bear who is hurt after getting his head stuck in a tree to get honey.

This rug is designed with scrolls and leaves of the palm tree in a velvet material. It is used as a decorative floor covering.

Rug

This rug is designed with scrolls and leaves of the palm tree in a velvet material. It is used as a…

This console table and mirror was designed in London, England. The frame is carved in American pine and lime tree woods. It is double gilted in matte and burnished gold.

Console Mirror and Table

This console table and mirror was designed in London, England. The frame is carved in American pine…

This table is made out of rosewood and locust tree wood. It is designed in a Venetian style, with massive scrolls that form its legs.

Table

This table is made out of rosewood and locust tree wood. It is designed in a Venetian style, with massive…

This large cabinet is engraved in ebony and pear tree wood. Its design is elaborate with carved figures at the top, on the panels and the base of the cabinet. It also has fruit and leaf designs throughout.

Large Cabinet

This large cabinet is engraved in ebony and pear tree wood. Its design is elaborate with carved figures…

This whip handle is in the shape of a dog running at the top, and below a tree and two doves.

Whip Handle

This whip handle is in the shape of a dog running at the top, and below a tree and two doves.

Reynard the Fox jumping over a tree branch as penance after confessing to Grimbard the badger all the deceit he had done to the other animals.

Reynard the Fox: Confessing to Grimbard

Reynard the Fox jumping over a tree branch as penance after confessing to Grimbard the badger all the…

Color flag of Guam. Territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag.

Flag of Guam, 2009

Color flag of Guam. Territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered…

Black and white outline flag of Guam. Territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag

Flag of Guam, 2009

Black and white outline flag of Guam. Territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all…

Color flag of Lebanon. Three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle, double width), and red (bottom) with a green cedar tree centered in the white band.

Flag of Lebanon, 2009

Color flag of Lebanon. Three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle, double width),…

Black and white outline flag of Lebanon. Three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle, double width), and red (bottom) with a green cedar tree centered in the white band

Flag of Lebanon, 2009

Black and white outline flag of Lebanon. Three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle,…

Color flag of Norfolk Island. Three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band.

Flag of Norfolk Island, 2009

Color flag of Norfolk Island. Three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large…

Black and white outline flag of Norfolk Island. Three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band

Flag of Norfolk Island, 2009

Black and white outline flag of Norfolk Island. Three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and…

Isegrim the wolf telling Reynard the Fox that there is a great treasure hidden and they are planning to make Bruin the bear the new king.

Reynard the Fox: Isegrim the Wolf

Isegrim the wolf telling Reynard the Fox that there is a great treasure hidden and they are planning…

Reynard is telling the story of how the other animals are guilty of tricks too. Tibert the cat climbed up a tree to escape hunting hounds but let them chase after Reynard's father.

Reynard the Fox: Tibert's Trick

Reynard is telling the story of how the other animals are guilty of tricks too. Tibert the cat climbed…

"Head not crested. Wings and tail rounded, of approximately equal lengths, and about as long as the body. Bill typically parine." Elliot Coues, 1884. Head and neck are black; cheeks and ear coverts are white; male has a thick black strip going through its yellow breast; upper parts are olive; and outer tail feathers and wing bars are white

European Greater Titmouse

"Head not crested. Wings and tail rounded, of approximately equal lengths, and about as long as the…

"Aberia Caffra, Hook. f. & Harv. Fig. 59. Thorny, glabrous: lvs. obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, entire:fls. diaecious, apetalous. G. c. III. 18:737. R. H. 1904:256. -The kei apple of the Cape of Good Hope; a spiny plant grown S. for hedges; is considered promising for S. Calif. and S. Fla. as a fr. plant. Fruit acid, used as pickles or conserves. Proves quite hardy in S. Calif." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Aberia Caffra

"Aberia Caffra, Hook. f. & Harv. Fig. 59. Thorny, glabrous: lvs. obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, entire:fls.…

"Fig. 60. Cones of Abies - From bottom to top, A. grandis (Grand Fir), A. Balsamea (Balsam Fir), A. Picea (Silver Fir)." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Fir Tree Cones

"Fig. 60. Cones of Abies - From bottom to top, A. grandis (Grand Fir), A. Balsamea (Balsam Fir), A.…

"A. grandis (Grand Fir) - Fig. 60.- tree, 200-300ft.: trunk becoming 4ft. in diam. lvs. thin and flexable, deeply grooved, very dark green above and silvery white beneath: cones cylindrical, 2-4 in. long, rounded or retuse at the apex, the broad scales somewhat squarrose and irregularly serrate and furnished with a short point." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Grand Fir Tree Cone

"A. grandis (Grand Fir) - Fig. 60.- tree, 200-300ft.: trunk becoming 4ft. in diam. lvs. thin and flexable,…

Abies Balsamea (Balsam Fir) or Balm of Gilead Fir, lvs. dark green and lustrous above, pale below, rounded or obtusely short pointed and occasionally emarginate, acute or acuminate on fertile branches: cones oblong, cylindrical, purple, 2&1/2-4 in. long; bracts shorter or rarely slightly longer than their scales." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Balsam Fir Tree Cone

Abies Balsamea (Balsam Fir) or Balm of Gilead Fir, lvs. dark green and lustrous above, pale below, rounded…

"Crown clear hair-brown; a white spot on nape; middle tail-feathers plain." Elliot Coues, 1884.

European Nuthatch

"Crown clear hair-brown; a white spot on nape; middle tail-feathers plain." Elliot Coues, 1884.

"Picea, Silver Fir. Fig. 60. Tree, 100-200 ft: trunk 6-8 ft. in dia.: lvs. flat, distichously spreading, dark green and lustrous above, silvery white below: cones slender, cylindrical, light green to dark purple, 5-6 in. long; bracts slightly longer than their scales. Mts. of Cent. and S. Eu., often gregarious.- Wood esteemed and much used; yields Strasburg turpentine. Dwarf forms, with erect and pendulous and with much abbreviated branches, are common in gardens. Not perfectly hardy in New England." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Silver Fir Tree Cone

"Picea, Silver Fir. Fig. 60. Tree, 100-200 ft: trunk 6-8 ft. in dia.: lvs. flat, distichously spreading,…

"European Wren. Feet strictly laminiplanter, as usual in Oscines. Tail thin, with narrow parallel-edged feathers. Wings and tail more or less completely barred cross-wise. Large. Upper parts uniform in color, without streaks or bars; rump with concealed white spots. Belly unmarked; a conspicuous superciliary stripe." Elliot Coues, 1884

European Wren

"European Wren. Feet strictly laminiplanter, as usual in Oscines. Tail thin, with narrow parallel-edged…

Idun, the Norse goddess of youth carries a box of golden apples. Whoever eats the apples never grow old. Loki tells her that a crabapple tree's fruit is better than her golden apples when trying to obtain some for the giant Thiassi.

Loki Shows Idun a Crabapple Tree

Idun, the Norse goddess of youth carries a box of golden apples. Whoever eats the apples never grow…

Sigmund, the son of Volsung, lived in a castle with a giant oak tree growing out of it. A disguised Odin thrusts a powerful sword in the oak and says that whoever can pull it out will be able to keep the mighty sword. No grown men could pull it out, but young Sigmund pulls it out with ease.

Sigmund and the Oak Tree

Sigmund, the son of Volsung, lived in a castle with a giant oak tree growing out of it. A disguised…

In Norse mythology, Frigga's son, Baldur the sun god, has a dream that he will die. Frigga travels the whole world asking all living and non-living things to do no harm to Baldur.

Frigga Asking a Tree

In Norse mythology, Frigga's son, Baldur the sun god, has a dream that he will die. Frigga travels the…

An illustration of Sir Isaac Newton sitting on the ground being hit by an apple falling out of a tree and discovering the law of gravity.

Isaac Newton Discovering Gravity

An illustration of Sir Isaac Newton sitting on the ground being hit by an apple falling out of a tree…

An illustration of a boy sitting on the ground leaning against an apple tree with a large apple laying at his feet.

Boy Sitting on Ground Leaning Against Tree

An illustration of a boy sitting on the ground leaning against an apple tree with a large apple laying…

An illustration of the letter N as tree branches and a child sitting on it.

Decorative Letter N

An illustration of the letter N as tree branches and a child sitting on it.

"The first street light in America. Early in 1795 several large cressets were placed on the corners of Boston's most frequented street. Pine-knots were placed in these fire baskets by the night watchman." -Bodmer, 1917

First Street Light in America

"The first street light in America. Early in 1795 several large cressets were placed on the corners…

A pictorial banner illustrating an elf sitting near a tree, an owl in a tree branch, and moon in the background.

Fairy Sitting Near Tree Banner

A pictorial banner illustrating an elf sitting near a tree, an owl in a tree branch, and moon in the…

An illustration of a fairy tickling a young boy sleeping in the forest underneath a tree.

Fairy Tickling Boy Sleeping in Woods

An illustration of a fairy tickling a young boy sleeping in the forest underneath a tree.

An illustration of a fairy and a young girl sitting in a tree and is uprooted and flying in the air.

Fairy & Child in Flying Tree

An illustration of a fairy and a young girl sitting in a tree and is uprooted and flying in the air.

An illustration of a lion wearing a robe and chasing a photographer who created a sling shot out of a palm tree.

Lion Wearing Robe Chasing Photographer

An illustration of a lion wearing a robe and chasing a photographer who created a sling shot out of…

An illustration of a lion being hit by a palm tree and a photographer riding away on a horse.

Lion Being Hit by Palm Tree & Photographer Riding Away on a Horse

An illustration of a lion being hit by a palm tree and a photographer riding away on a horse.

An illustration of a mouse postman delivering mail to a house in a tree.

Mouse Postman Delivering Mail to House in Tree

An illustration of a mouse postman delivering mail to a house in a tree.

An illustration of a branch from an osage-orange plant with male flowers. Osage-orange, Horse-apple or Bois D'Arc (Maclura pomifera) is dioeceous plant species, with male and female flowers on different plants. It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8–15 metres (26–49 ft) tall. The fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, but bumpy, and 7-15 cm in diameter, and it is filled with a sticky white latex sap. In fall, its color turns a bright yellow-green and it has a faint odor similar to that of oranges

Male Flowers of the Osage-Orange

An illustration of a branch from an osage-orange plant with male flowers. Osage-orange, Horse-apple…