{"id":10282,"date":"2017-12-25T06:26:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T11:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=10282"},"modified":"2017-12-21T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T21:18:50","slug":"take-5-ever-lovely-evergreens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-ever-lovely-evergreens\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Ever-Lovely Evergreens"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time of year, many halls are decked with boughs of holly, balsam, and spruce, so we thought it would be a good time to feature evergreens. True to their name, evergreens are trees and shrubs that retain their leaves throughout the year, shedding old leaves gradually over time, versus most deciduous trees which shed them all at once before the winter or dry season.<\/p>\n

‘Tis the season for celebration, so let’s celebrate evergreens with five photos of pines and firs from past entries to our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest. Happy holidays!<\/p>\n

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Pitch Pine \u00a9 Lily Davey<\/p><\/div>\n

\"White

White Pine \u00a9 Jonah Coffin<\/p><\/div>\n

\"White

White Pine \u00a9 Stephen Reidy<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A

A type of fir, possibly balsam \u00a9 Bob Quinn<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Unidentifiable

Unidentifiable evergreen, possibly white pine \u00a9 Scott Bump<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This time of year, many halls are decked with boughs of holly, balsam, and spruce, so we thought it would be a good time to feature evergreens. True to their name, evergreens are trees and shrubs that retain their leaves throughout the year, shedding old leaves gradually over time, versus most deciduous trees which shed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":10285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[203,83,84,148],"class_list":["post-10282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-christmas","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography","tag-trees"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/12\/1648StephenReidy5690_fi.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2FQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13465,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-hermit-thrushes\/","url_meta":{"origin":10282,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Hermit Thrushes","author":"Ryan D.","date":"January 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Northern Cardinals. 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