I live in Greene County Pennsylvania, which is the extreme southwest corner of the state. Trees are typical eastern hardwood. The terrain is hilly, about 3 to 5 hundred vertical feet between stream beds and hilltops. Forest are second growth and probably average about 80 years in age. I was going to list what we have, but it's actually easier to list what we don't have, or have little of.
There are no birches of any type that I've seen. Native conifers are White Pine and Eastern Hemlock. They only occur naturally as isolated clusters of 5-10 trees. I've also seen isolated cedars but I don't think they're native to the area just left overs from old homesteads etc. I've seen no Star Gum or Cucumber Tree. Hackberry, Basswood, Honey Locust and Eastern Cottonwood are uncommon. I've also found an occasional American Elm. Big trees around here are stream-side Sycamores and White/Red Oaks as old estate/field trees. I hope to document some of these trees and share them with the group. I am also keeping an eye out for notable trees in Forbes State Forest area which is in the western edge of the Appalachians, about 40 miles east in Fayette and Somerset counties. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Beth Koebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ENTS, > > I was wondering what is the general tree type in the woods near you? I > also think it would be nice to list where we are from for the newbies to the > group. > > I'll start...I am from St. Louis Missouri and I see generally hardwoods, > oaks and hickories, with a smattering of Eastern Red Cedar, esp. in > disturbed areas, and shortleaf pine, if you look for it. You do see other > evergreens, blue spruce. loblolly, scotch pine, austrian pine, etc., but > these have been planted. > > Beth > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
