test "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. " Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Parton To: ENTSTrees Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:34 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa.
George. The leaves are not as elongated as most I see. The serrations are not as prominent as some. Most Am Chestnuts have long elliptical leaves with prominent serrated edges. Will? James P. On Nov 18, 8:37 pm, "George Fieo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James, > > I do have a few more pics and one of the leaves I picked back in August. > It's dry but still green. Maybe it could help. Are the flowers any easier > to ID ? I can go back when they start blooming. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of James Parton > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:16 PM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa. > > George & Will, > > The trees remind me somewhat of European Chestnut. They are > Americanlike in some ways but still different than our native > chestnut. The burrs on these seem a little more " course " than the > American ones I am used to seeing. European chestnuts are also blight > vulnerable. Chinese and Japanese trees are quite resistant. I cannot > outright say they are not American without seeing more of them, like a > green leaf, but like the Dillingham chestnuts of Big Ivy, they look a > little different than the typical Chestnuts I usually find in the > woods. > > James. > > PS. American or not, it is a great find. > > On Nov 18, 7:52 am, "Will Blozan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > George, > > > Looks like some kind of non-native species. Man, the blight has hit them > > hard! > > > Will F. Blozan > > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > _____ > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of George Fieo > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ENTS] Chestnuts in Montgomery Co. Pa. > > > ENTS, > > > Back in August I found some chestnut trees growing in a farm park located > in > > Montgomery Co. I took a leaf home to ID the trees and am almost certain > > they are American chestnuts. Today I visited the park to take a few > > measurements and photos of the trees. There are about 15 to 20 trees that > I > > believe are reproducing due to their various sizes. The larger of the > trees > > may have suffered from the blight, lower limbs are dead, but show signs of > > healing. The younger trees look very healthy. I did three measurements > on > > the largest chestnut. It has two leaders very low to the ground so I > > measured 8'7" @ ground level and then at 4.5' for each leader and got 4'3" > > and 4'5". There are a handful of trees in the 2' cbh range and a few more > > saplings. Most of the trees are between 35' and 45' tall. Lots of burrs > on > > the ground but found only three half eaten nuts. Ran out of time, had to > > get back to work. > > > George. > > > > American chestnuts003.JPG > 201KViewDownload > > American chestnuts005.JPG > 225KViewDownload > > American chestnuts022.JPG > 213KViewDownload > > Chestnut leaf002.JPG > 157KViewDownload > > Chestnut leaf004.JPG > 159KViewDownload > > Chestnut leaf006.JPG > 147KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
