So funny to see a picture of those maples. There is a photographer I know from around my area that has photographed the exact trees. Take a look at his site, they are on there. http://www.zhibit.org/davidleeblack David a very talented photographer and nice guy.
On Aug 20, 3:00 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice! And you took some great pictures. Thanks. > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Elisa Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Elisa Campbell <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] gorgeous sugar maples > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Campbell, Elisa " <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:02 AM > > Gorgeous Sugar Maples > > In Amherst, MA, there is an isolated hill with the somewhat misleading > name of Mt Pollux. After the previous owner gave up the orchards there a > few decades ago, the town purchased the top as a conservation area > because of the wonderful, almost 360 degree views from it. The top is > crowned by two lovely sugar maples. While from a distance they appear > similar, up close it’s clear that one is much older than the other. I’ve > become interested in the different branch structure of the two; it seems > to me that middle-aged sugar maples have lots of branches about the same > size, then, as they get older, lose many of them and end up with a few > massive ones. Often they are hollow (I’ve seen light through the trunks > of some of them, and it seems the tree is nothing but bark holding up a > tree that is still alive and standing). Does anyone know anything more > about the branching patterns of sugar maples? > > Here are some pictures of them I’ve collected over the years. > > #1 - looking up the hill at the 2 maples in early fall (2Maples2e-h.jpg) > > #2 - looking from the younger towards the older (TwoMaples1e.jpg) > > #3 - older maple’s trunk (Maple-Aug-evening1e.jpg) > > #4 - older maple’s branches (Maple1e-h.jpg ) > > #5 - older maple’s branches (Maple1e-v.jpg) > > #6 - older maple’s main branch (Maple-old3-e.jpg) > > #7 - younger maple (Maple2-north1-e-v.jpg) > > #8 - younger maple’s branches (Maple2-branches-e-v.jpg) > > #9 - younger maple’s branches (Maple2-branches1-e-h.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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
