Pleasant memories

 

We see this tree at Estero Llano Grande State Park.

 

It’s in the tropical section; the part of the park with exotic plantings.  Not all the vegetation here is native to South Texas.  I recognize this kind of tree from our youth at Carroll Park.  It was in the yard on the other side of the driveway opposite the upstairs balcony.

 

It has these leaves that aren’t really shaped like leaves.

 

In our younger years, we might have referred to these leaves on the ground as “worms”.

 

This kind of tree is called a Star Pine.  It is endemic to a small island in the South Pacific, but has come to be used as an ornamental tree in the southern U.S. and other subtropical regions of the globe.

 

I always liked that tree.