ahh, one other species i forgot about - sorry for the multiple emails. Celtis fared poorly in the city of Richmond. very surprised about that.
neil On Mar 1, 10:44 am, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > > And the south is now getting hit. It is snowing in Birmingham Alabama > and sleeting here in Arden NC. We are forecast to get 3-6 inches > overnight. > > I am really glad it waited until after we visited Congaree. > > James P. > > On Feb 28, 11:20 am, neil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi ENTS, > > > Although this is technically February [and essentially March], I wanted > > to share some images from the KY Ice Storm from the last week of January > > '09. I hadn't experienced an ice storm as severe as this one and it was > > fun listening to and seeing how different trees responded to the ice. I > > will not forget the persimmon next to my kitchen window just pop all > > night on the 27th and rain branches down onto my roof or side of the > > house. I left town when my power went out on the 28th and missed the > > next few days. My 89.8 yr old neighbor told me the real damage to the > > trees would come after the ice melted and the trees snapped back. There > > did seem to be more damage when I returned to town. > > > The silver maples were hit hard. But looking at the before and after > > pictures, it is amazing to see how many feet the outer branches sagged > > and sprung back. > > > Some red maples were completely smashed, like this one on campus. > > > The river birches next to the library were waylaid! It was pretty in > > the middle of them. They have since been cut. > > > I made it out to central Kentucky and Mammoth Caves the last couple of > > days. I didn't make it into Big Woods yet to see how much damaged it > > might have experienced - hope to visit in the fall. The ice damage to > > portions of Central KY that I saw were something. Mammoth Caves Nat. > > Park lost power for a few days, too. > > > The cedars and pines took it real hard. Angiosperms were hit fairly > > hard as well, but seemed to be less disturbed. These pictures are the > > worst. Most of the forest, like those in the bottom of the Green River > > watershed seemed to have less damage. > > > Wish there was time to do a species review of damage. Would be very > > interesting. > > > neil > > > AcrossStreetDuring.jpg > > 75KViewDownload > > > AfterAcrossStreet.jpg > > 87KViewDownload > > > SilverMapleDuring.jpg > > 112KViewDownload > > > silverMapleAfter.jpg > > 150KViewDownload > > > flattenedRedMapleIceStorm.jpg > > 131KViewDownload > > > BirchOverboard.jpg > > 91KViewDownload > > > BentBirchPanCrop.jpg > > 103KViewDownload > > > coniferousCatastrophe.jpg > > 109KViewDownload > > > AngiospermAnguishCrop.jpg > > 106KViewDownload > > > GreenRiverFerry.jpg > > 88KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
