![Participants at the Allerton Winter Tree Identification Hike looking up at a state champion
swamp white oak](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36444/winter_trees_web__medium.jpg)
Learning to See Trees Through “New Eyes” at Allerton
Most people who can tell the difference between tree species in the summer have difficulty in winter because they’re naked — the trees, that is, not the people. The goal of the winter tree identification hike at Allerton Park goal was to teach participants other cues to tell them apart.