Nice tree. We have a smattering of big, isolated elms like that left in Ohio (Around farm houses, middle of fields, old suburbs etc). However, they have a nasty habit of abruptly dieing from dutch elm disease.
On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Barry Caselli wrote: > ENTS, > I have posted about this tree before, but I don't believe I ever > showed a map of its location. It's in the middle of the ghost town > of Friendship, a former cranberry bog village in the middle of > nowhere. The old bogs are everywhere, and the beavers love them. > Anyway, here's the bird's-eye view, and the tree should show up > right in the middle of the photo. > http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=qmrpkc8sj5r5&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=38110027&encType=1 > Of course you can zoom out or in, and change to the map view or > aerial view. > Just above the tree is a dirt road, and just above that is one of > the old cranberry bogs, with a stream running through it. My > attached photos show that old bog, and the tree. The tree photo is > from February, and the bog photos are from July 4th. > The tree seems very healthy. In my original post I told how big the > CBH was, which I don't remember now. It's a good-sized tree. > Enjoy, > Barry > > > > > <DSC01921.JPG><DSC01922.JPG><DSC01350.JPG> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
