This series is dedicated to educating our geofriends about some of the interesting trees and vines that can be seen along this newest section of the Spring Creek Greenway (SCG) trail. When complete, the Spring Creek Greenway will encompass 12,000 acres and almost 40 linear miles, from Highway 59 at the San Jacinto River to Spring Creek Park west of Tomball. While Phase III of the trail is not officially open yet, the construction is complete, and it’s time to get these posted! This section of trail begins at Pundt Park and extends over 2.5 miles to Dennis Johnston Park on Riley Fuzzel Road; and this now brings the completed SCG trail length to almost 12 miles, from Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center in Humble all the way to Dennis Johnston Park! Please note that SCG trail hours are dawn to dusk, and replace all containers as you found them.
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is highly undervalued in our opinion as a landscape tree. While something like a Live Oak tree may sound like a good idea, the truth is that they take a human lifetime to gain any appreciable size! Sycamore trees grow much faster, meaning they can give you some shade (and increase the value of your property) that much quicker. The leaves are fantastic, some of them reaching more than a foot across. Talk about shade! But it gets better; during the course of a growing season, they also shed their outer bark to reveal a smooth white inner layer, making them look like a brilliantly smooth white tree. Awesome if you ask us!