Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Beautiful sourwoodsEast Central Alabama, 1 by passiflora_pink

passiflora_pink wrote:
Resin, that made me pause because I usually see the flowers (on smaller trees) in late summer and the brown capsules in early winter. These are so tall that I could not get close. I think what I was seeing last weekend were seed capsules because they are almost white before they start to ripen.

Incidentally, in Alabama sourwood honey is considered the best and sells at a premium price. I think the old timers made a tonic similar to root beer from them also.

I saw plenty of "root beer trees" (sassafras) on that hike as well. Here is a photo of the pretty yellow color. I wanted to take one home but they don't transplant well: