Jenny, ENTS needs a representative for the New York area. We await your posts. I don't think we really have anyone to cover the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River or Central Park.
Again, Welcome to ENTS! James E Parton. On Mar 1, 1:47 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > > Yes, you're right, Central Park is about 840 acres and it is > surrounded by Manhattan - pretty much smack in the middle of it. It is > an amazing place. I've been studying some of the trees there to see > which species cope with living there better than others, but at the > moment I am focusing on the Forests of New York Botanical Garden and > Bronx River because they are remnants of old-growth. Never clear cut > for timber or farming because they were privately owned by several > generations of a family in the tobacco biz. The NYBG Forest in 50 > acres. (It was known as the "Hemlock Grove" until the late 80s when > they were all infested). > > One of my favorite spots in Central Park is the mall between a double > row of elms. They have been treated and monitored since the 30s, so > they are in good shape. > > I'll try to figure out the pix! Thanks. -Jenny > > On Mar 1, 12:50 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Jenny, > > > I would like to see some reports on New York City's Central Park. > > Dispite it being entirely surrounded by the city, the park is sizeable > > at more than 800 acres ( I think. ). > > > Posting pictures to the discussion list is easy. Use Yahoo Mail, Gmail > > or whatever you prefer and attach pictures to it and send it to > > [email protected]. Make sure the e-mail address is the one > > you use for ENTS or it won't post. I see you have a Gmail address. > > That should work. > > > James Parton > > > On Mar 1, 10:03 am, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I am so happy I found your discussion group while researching Hemlocks > > > and other trees native to NYC and environs. I'm a volunteer assistant > > > to the curator of the NYBG Forest and I'm working on a winter tree id > > > booklet for the arborists and Forest volunteers and I would love to > > > get some input/advice. Especially about some of the more difficult to > > > identify trees. > > > > I hope I can figure out how to post pictures. I wanted to ask if > > > anyone thinks some quarter size holes in an older sugar maple > > > (probably >100ya) were made by the Asian long-horned beetle or maybe > > > just woodpeckers, or something else I don't know about. It's a > > > beautiful and healthy tree now. And it's in such prominent location > > > that if the insects were after it, they would immediately treat it. > > > > Is this the right forum for me to discuss all this? I hope so. I've > > > learned a lot looking through past post topics. > > > > Jenny- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
