Barry, Cemeteries can be a good place to find trees. Especially old cemetries. There is one in Savannah Ga I wanna check out.
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/calvary_church/calvary_episcopal_church.htm http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb.nsf/cemeteries/bonaventure.html James Parton On Mar 24, 11:35 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > On Sunday I visited Oak Hill Cemetery in Vineland (Cumberland County). I > thought I knew every cemetery in Vineland, but I discovered this one on my > map while I was there. I had to kill some time, so I explored it. I don't > usually visit cemeteries for their trees, though the trees sometimes end up > being a very good reason to visit. > > This one was very interesting for two reasons- the first reason being that it > was full of relatively large Tuliptrees, and some other assorted older trees. > There were some Norway Spruces, White Pines and Hemlocks. One Hemlock was > broken off about halfway up. This top piece was gone, I guess removed long > ago. It also had a broken branch that was still connected, and hanging low. > So I checked it for HWA. It had it! Both Hemlocks were in a sorry state > because of the HWA. What a shame. > > The other reason I found this cemetery interesting (other than the graves of > course), was the fact that it was filled with young exotic and non-native > trees, planted all over. Each one had a tag hanging on it with its common and > scientific names, including the specific cultivar. The tags also told where > the trees are native. > > Once I get the photos re-sized I will either send them to the group, or > upload them to my Photobucket account. I'm sure some of you will want to see > them. > > Take care, > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
