Trees of Fort Meade

     I was stationed at Fort George G. Meade from 29 Dec of 92, until 27 Mar of 95. Not quite 3 years. Fort Meade is centrally located between Baltimore, the District of Columbia, and Annapolis MD. The base contains several hundred acres of forested woodland, and one large undeveloped wooded area with trails running through it.
     This is the area where I went, when I wanted to identify trees. Sometimes I would visit other places on base in order to identify trees. But this was by far my favorite spot. Here are the tree types I identified while assigned to Fort George G. Meade.

• American Basswood
• American Beech (Yes; someone had carved their initials in the bark.)
• American Bladdernut (Off base)
• American Elm
• American Hornbeam
• Black Locust
• Black Tupelo
• Black Walnut
• Blackjack Oak
• Bur Oak
• Chestnut Oak
• Chinese Scholartree
• Chinkapin Oak
• Common Persimmon (Possibly planted)
• Crack Willow
• English Holly (Probably planted for ornamentel effect)
• Fishtail Palm (Hah! As if! This was growing in a pot in the mall.)
• Flowering Dogwood
• Ginkgo (Planted off base. Just had to figure out what it was)
• Honey Locust
• Japanese Maple (A planted ornamental)
• Mockernut Hickory
• Mountain Laurel
• Northern Catalpa (I remember that someone had planted these in their yard back in Depere Wisconsin. Never knew what they were back then. Bean Trees I used to call them.)
• Norway Maple
• Oriental Plum (There are several of these planted around the base.)
• Paper Birch (Probably planted. Based on location. A bit out of area for this tree.)
• Pin Oak
• Pitch Pine
• Post Oak
• Red Maple
• Sassafras
• Shingle Oak
• Shortleaf Pine
• Silk Tree (Off base)
• Silver Maple
• Smooth Sumac
• Southern Red Oak
• Sweetgum
• Sycamore
• Virginia Pine
• Washington Hawthorn (Gosh identifying hawthorns is difficult)
• White Mulberry
• White Oak
• Willow Oak
• Yellow Poplar (aka. Tulip Tree)

     Well That's it for Fort Meade. I wouldn't doubt that I'll be back that way again some day. As you can tell from the list, I'm not much into the coniferous end of this tree identifying. I don't know why. I just like the deciduous trees better for some reason.