George Nice report. Any chance the quaking aspen is a cottonwood or a hybrid poplar? Don't see too many quaking aspens around here. Did it have white bark?
Scott On Jan 22, 2:16 am, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Yesterday I attended a seminar in Lehigh Co. and stopped by the 72 acre Pool > Wildlife Sanctuary on my way home. The sanctuary is located in Emmaus, Pa. > There are many native and non native species that were planted trough out > the site, probably in the 70's. The first trail I came to was lined with > what I think are Quaking Aspen. The upper portion of the trees bark is > smooth and creamy white and its base thick and gray. I have seen this tree > before but not nearly as large as these. I measured two of them and the > tallest is 8'7" x 100.8'. I took a leaf sample from the site and will post > a photo of it if anyone can confirm its ID. This trail then lead me to a > small flat overlooking the Little Lehigh Creek. This flat, only a couple > acres, has probably seen little disturbance and has the tallest trees > within the preserve. Species within the flat are tulip poplar, bitternut & > shagbark hickory, red, white, & chinkapin oak, white ash, american basswood, > black gum, box elder, eastern hophornbeam, flowering dogwood, blackhaw, > redbud, american bladdernut, and american elder. I also saw some burning > bush but am not sure if it was the native species or not. My hands and feet > were freezing at this point so I didn't take many measurements. Does anyone > have any numbers for the bladdernut ? I saw one that was around 20+ feet. > > Pool Wildlife Sanctuary > > Bitternut Hickory 6'7" 127.1 > > Tulip Poplar 8'2" 125.6 > > Tulip Poplar N/A 115.3 > > Northern Red Oak N/A 112.2 > > Northern Red Oak N/A 109.1 > > Quaking Aspen 8'7" 100.8 > > Quaking Aspen 8' 84. > > Chinkapin Oak 3'2" 87.1 > > E. Hophornbeam 2'8" 49.5 > > The bitternut and tulip are growing side by side. Looks like the tulip is > in the back seat for once. Hah hah! > > George > > QA Leaf.JPG > 153KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
