Well it's woods now. But the dirt road/trail used to be a rail line, as far as I've been able to find out. I vaguely remember seeing an old map showing two parallel railroads going to Atlantic City. One of them is still there. Anyway, the tree is pretty small, and I also came upon a couple of very small white pines. I have no idea what they are doing there. White pines in the pine barrens are always escapees, never native.
--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnut tree found To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 9:02 AM If it was in the woods, I think it's not likely to be Chinese- I don't think they "escape". My father planted a few in our front lawn back in the '60s so I grew up watching them grow. They looked from a distance like very large apple trees- nothing like the stately forest American chestnut. They never seemed very healthy. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnut tree found Barry, You are a one man army. Keep up the good work. I'll let the more knowledgeable plant identifiers pass judgement on the chestnut, but keep up the email production. You're showing us a side of New Jersey that we would not otherwise see. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: ENTS, About a week ago I put up a 4-part video series on my Youtube account of a hike down a dirt road and trail nearby. I announced it to the group and got no response. In part 1 of the series, I came upon a Chestnut tree and asked for help in identifying it. I would think that if anyone watched the videos, that the chestnut tree would have been brought up for discussion. But I guess not. Anyway, can any of you tell my looking at the leaves and bark whether a Chestnut is a Chinese or American? That's what I asked while I was filming. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/MillerMeteor74 I enjoy other people's posts and I say so after I read them. Thanks, Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
