Interesting! And that is a tree that I've never seen or heard of. Barry --- On Thu, 3/19/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote:
From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 11:46 AM Ed, This is interesting and I'm sorry to say I don't know the answers to these questions. But there must be data available for this. They've been at it for quite a few years, so the ones I've been pulling lately are no more than 8-10 ft. and skinny. I'm curious though. And now I feel bad for being so barbaric. I'll investigate. Here are my pix from a month or so ago. http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/Devil?authkey=Gv1sRgCIXOu47xtJWJbw&feat=directlink Jenny On Mar 19, 10:46 am, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, > > As uncomfortable as grabbing it may be for the hiker, Arilia spinosa is a native tree across much of eastern United States. It isn't clear if it actually is native to NYC, or if that is just beyond its native range. It was used in Victorian gardens as an ornamental, and the aromatic roots and fruit were used by settlers as home remedies...mainly for toothache. I am curious how large of trees they are removing? It certainly is not a highly thought of tree in any case. The tallest specimen in our database is 36 feet, and the fattest is 53.4 inches GBH. That is a pretty fat one, but I am sure there are many taller examples out there, we just don't measure that many of them. The oldest one we have found was one Jess Riddle noted cut along a trail at just 32 years old. Some of these pioneer species seem to just die before growing very old. I would be interested in ring counts from any larger or old specimens removed as part of the project. I personally am curious about many of these unwanted and oft overlooked species. > > Ed > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:17 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hemlocks - HWA? > > 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! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
