ENTS- Here in northern Ohio on the Lake Erie plain, the forest is primarily oak and maple---pin oak, red oak, black oak, white oak, bur oak, swamp white oak, shingle oak, scarlet oak, and red maple, sugar maple, black maple, box-elder, approximately in that order of frequency. White ash, beech, bitternut hickory, American and slippery elm, shagbark hickory, Ohio buckeye, tupelo, sassafras, cucumber magnolia, hop-hornbeam, sycamore, basswood, black walnut, tulip-tree, dogwood, witch-hazel, serviceberry, pawpaw, and many species of hawthorn are also found. In some glacial bog areas relict species are found, such as tamarack, gray birch, big-tooth and quaking aspen. In highly dissected areas hemlock, white pine, butternut, yellow and black birch are found. The only conifers native here, other than white pine and hemlock, are eastern red cedar and common junipier.
Steve On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Steve Halow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
