Steve,
That's a great cottonwood. You have mentioned white elm in some of your recent posts. I would love to see some pictures of any forest grown ones if you have any. Did you measure any of the pawpaw? George From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Galehouse Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] French Creek, Ohio report 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'' <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-61.jpg> Osage orange crown <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-62.jpg> A good size Ohio buckeye was also found, ht. 63', cbh. 6'10'' <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-63.jpg> Usually buckeye is much smaller and shorter. Near the osage orange was a nice hackberry, ht.87.5', cbh. 8'3'' <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-64.jpg> 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. . <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-65.jpg> <file:///C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\moz-screenshot-66.jpg> Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
