Steve, Since it's already been shown that I am a bad identifier of trees by trunks and branches - can you say which tree is which in the photos? Or is it just that I can't see the labels?
OR are we supposed to guess?! Jenny On Mar 29, 6:13 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS- > > Spent a couple of hours this morning exploring the French Creek area in > Lorain County, Ohio. Not many really large trees were found (Cottonwood at > 125.5" tallest measured), but certainly some interesting ones. The > topography is a combination of steep shale cliffs, with wide floodplains at > their bases. The floodplain forest has an interesting combination of > species, including: white elm, black walnut, hackberry, paw paw, Ohio > buckeye, black maple, white ash, and of course red maple, sycamore, and > cottonwood. The naturalized osage orange was the most unusual find. They are > frequent around here along roadsides near farms, and were once grown to > provide post timbers for the local vineyards, but this is the first time > I've encountered them in a "forest" situation. > > Osage orange, ht. 68', cbh. 10'6'' Osage orange crown > > A good size Ohio buckeye was also found, ht. 63', cbh. 6'10'' Usually > buckeye is much smaller and shorter. > Near the osage orange was a nice hackberry, ht.87.5', cbh. 8'3'' > > A good sized white oak, with very unusual bark characteristics was also > found. The lower trunk had what I would consider normal bark, while the > upper trunk and major branches had heavily plated, almost exfoliated bark. > I've seen this on one other individual in the general area. > > . > > Steve > > 2705017130043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 179KViewDownload > > 2783490130043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 164KViewDownload > > 2784913290043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 166KViewDownload > > 2979696450043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 175KViewDownload > > 2242880780043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 150KViewDownload > > 2869078920043069736S600x600Q85[1].jpg > 138KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
