Here in columbus ohio the last two weeks have been abnormally warm which has sped things along. The silver maples starting blooming monday of last week. This week the pollen was pretty heavy with silver maples and elms. The first daffodils were out in bloom on monday and I noticed the crab apples are starting to break their buds.
spring at last. On Mar 20, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Beth Koebel wrote: > ENTS, > > In my yard the only thing that is swelling is the redbud buds. I > think that it might pop in the next week or so. My ashes, oaks, > persimmons, and minmosa (this tree will be removed as it is not > native) have not started to have thier buds swell, as far as I can > tell. My dogwood has just started to have its buds swell. > > In the area of St. Louis (for the newer members) the bradford pears > are blooming, along with the magnolias and service berries. The > silver maples are past their prime of flower already. > > Beth > > "He plants trees to benefit another generation." --Caecilius Statius > > --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Beth Koebel <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 8:54 AM > > Ed, > > Which species of sumac was it that you posted about? I know that we > have smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) down on our farm. I can measure > some next time I get that way. I do know that they are not the old, > <30 years for sure. > > Beth > > "He plants trees to benefit another generation." --Caecilius Statius > > --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Edward Frank <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:57 PM > > George, > > If you get a chance to do so that would be good. Why do you think > the dead > ones died? It would be much easier to carry a small, real, saw > along in a > backpack to collect a few ring counts, than to try to use some of > those > other pruning contraptions that never work very well. Scott > measured a > walkingstick with a girth of 19 inches, a height of 26.9 feet, and > a spread > of 18 feet at Our Lady of Angels Convent Aston, PA. > > Much the same should be considered if you encounter any large > sumacs. I > posted an age of just 21 years for an 8 inch diameter dead sumac I > pushed > over along the highway. Nobody else has posted anything greater. > We don't > > have any really big Sumacs reported from PA either (pr anywhere else > for > that matter). Scott lists a Staghorn Sumac at 43 feet tall, and 34 > inches > in girth from Luzern County, but it was measured by some else in > 1988. I am > not even confident of the identification (maybe it is alianthus) if > it is > even still alive. If you find a big specimen get a crown spread for > the > biggest of the individual trunks as well as any multitrunk > measurements you > chose to take. > > Ed > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
