It's definitely Acer palmatum "Sango Kaku", coral bark Japanese maple. And Tanyosho is Pinus densiflora cv. umbraculifera. It's interesting that the Tsuga diversifolia has HWA--it should be resistant.
Steve On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Marcboston <[email protected]>wrote: > > Pretty sure that is a Coral Bark or Shindeshogo Japanese Maples, all > cultivars of the palmatum species. I would have to lean towards Coral > Bark. > > On Mar 19, 2:34 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark got them and Steve got most! > > > > I don't think the Coral Bark is a cultivar, but I'll double check. And > > I love those Tanyosho Pines. > > > > It's also interesting to look at guesses that are not right because I > > try to find the similarities. It helps with my own pretty poor id > > abilities. > > > > Thanks for playing, > > Jenny > > > > On Mar 19, 9:51 am, "Steven Springer" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jenny, > > > > > I am new to the group however; I wanted to take a stab at the "tree > > > quiz", > > > > > Pic. 1 - One of the hemlocks (Maybe a closer shot of the needle > > > arrangement) > > > > > Pic. 7 - Japanese red cedar (Cryptomeria spp.) > > > > > Pic. 10 - Japanese maple (Perhaps Cultivar "Coralbark") > > > > > Steve Springer > > > > > Urban Forester > > > > > City of Bartlett > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > > > > Behalf Of JennyNYC > > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM > > > To: ENTSTrees > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hemlocks - HWA? > > > > > Will and Ed, > > > > > Thanks for having a look. And thanks for the confirmation of HWA. I > > > > > get vague answers from the staff when I ask whether all the trees are > > > > > afflicted and whether or not any are being treated. Easy enough to > > > > > look at every single one since there are only a handful to confirm > > > > > this. > > > > > The DEVIL is Aralia spinosa - Devil's Walking Stick. I joke a lot that > > > > > we are removing the Devil and the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) from the > > > > > Forest. Nobody really laughs though...I can't figure out if they don't > > > > > get it or the joke is just getting really really old or it just wasn't > > > > > that funny in the first place! > > > > > Good idea to take pix from the same perspectives as the postcards. The > > > > > ones by the river will be easy, but I have some other old pix that > > > > > will be trickier. > > > > > As for the Happy Tree quiz: They are all native to Japan. See wat you > > > > > can do with that, sensei. > > > > > And Ed, nothing gets past you. It was so subtle the way I incorporated > > > > > where I live with my name, wasn't it? (there are so many Jen, Jenny > > > > > and Jennifers that I had to add something, but so far I'm in luck > > > > > here.) > > > > > Jenny > > > > > On Mar 19, 6:52 am, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > That is the HWA alright. > > > > > > In your list of trees, what is the "devil"???? > > > > > > On your tree quiz, I would really be guessing...but the tall one is > > > > > > some kind of fir???, the short conifer a lacebark pine and the other > > > > > > one a red-osier dogwood. > > > > > > On Mar 18, 9:47 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > Investigated the hemlocks at NYBG. Here are some pix of the needles > > > > > > > and twigs. I wanted to confirm that the white fuzzy stuff is HWA. > > > > > > > And then a forlorn picture of a huge gap left by dead hemlocks - > > > > > > > mostly removed by garden staff. I saw that Prunus serotina, red > > > maple, > > > > > > > the devil, beech, sweetgum, and ash were beginning to fill the > large > > > > > > > gap. The ash may have been planted manually. > > > > > > > .Also, a few happier, healthy trees in the Garden for you to guess > > > > > > > about and 2 postcards c. 1906 of the days when Hemlocks were the > > > main > > > > > > > event. > > > > > > > Hope all is well. > > > > > > > Jenny > > > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/Hemlocksauthkey=Gv1sRgCLn77c > .. > > > .- 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
