Ha! That's a great story (the military base)! And also a great model for similar sites. I was wishing for some bulldozer to come raze everything the day I volunteered to help to clear the Pelham Bay Park site. They gave us these crappy saws and loppers for cutting down young sweet gum and unruly invasive rose bushes. They don't even have chainsaws. I decided to just write about it rather than work...
All the restoration projects I've watched (uh...that would be only 2) get a lot of volunteers and they are all tramping on them vegetation that want to protect while they plant or cut. Seems counterproductive. Irritates me to see, but, at least there's an effort. But if they are going to trample everything anway, bring on the bulldozer!!! I didn't know about Michigan. Geez all these little pockets. I want to see all of them NOW. So many things to see that I can't do anything! Thanks! Jenny On May 3, 10:40 am, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, Another place in Pa is Fort Indiantown Gap. It is a military > base, but they have an extensive meadow program. I attended a lecture > of a fellow from there. He said the years of tank traffic compacted > the earth and disturbed it to the point where it created a unique > ecosystem. Flash fires from artillery practice also replicated the > natural wildfire effect to help matters. I know, who would have > thought! It is home to a few rare butterfly populations due to the > violets that grow there. > > I don't know how serpentine got it's name. The vein of rock does run > through several states, but it is only visible at the surface in > certain places. Along the railroad near my home the tracks were cut > down into the earth and the serpentine was exposed in spots. Where it > ws exposed the native plants found it and repopulated it naturally. > There are several 1800's homes built out of the soft building stone > and they are visually green in color. Tyler Arboretum calls their > serpentine pink hill. > > Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
