Forsythia (in the Olive tree family)

The signs of spring are finally everywhere! This is a bush in our back yard.

The Forsythia genus is one of 27 genera in the “Oleaceae” family, the Olive family. Yes, *that* olive.

Other genera in the Olive family:
» Fraxinus, the genus of Ash trees, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Fraxinus&rank=genus
» Syringa, the genus of Lilac bushes, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Syringa&rank=genus

Forsythia genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Forsythia&rank=genus

1 year ago (“Remember the ‘Snake Light’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-13
2 years ago (“‘Who disturbs my slumber?’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-13
3 years ago (“Rose periwinkle”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-13
4 years ago (“Blades of green…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-13
5 years ago (“Proof of Life [to come]!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-13

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