Barry,
In Massachusetts, I'm told that Atlantic white cedar was highly valuable to the colonists so they cut all of it they could get to. Do you know anything about the history of the species in New Jersey? I assume the history is the same, but don't know for certain. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Caselli" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:47:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Large Atlantic White Cedar found today Hi Bob, Here in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Atlantic White Cedar is very common. There are cedar swamps in low spots and along rivers and streams, througout the entire pine barrens. Atlantic White Cedar also exists in the far northwestern part of New Jersey. Here is a large cedar swamp about 5 miles from here: http://tinyurl.com/lslg8d When you drive the Lower Bank Road as seen in that view, you have a wall of cedars on both sides of you, till it opens up into marsh. Barry --- On Sat, 8/29/09, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Large Atlantic White Cedar found today To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 4:32 AM Barry, Good find! Here in Mass, Atlantic whites grow, but only in the eastern side of the state. How prevalent is it in NJ? Bob Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:57 PM, Barry Caselli < [email protected] > wrote: ENTS, Today I went down to the Atlantic County Park at Estell Manor again, and hiked a portion of a trail I have hiked many times before. I found many cool things and pretty scenery. One thing I found was the largest Atlantic White Cedar I have seen to date. I measured the CBH at 6' 10". That's equal or similar to the largest Pitch Pine I've measured to date, which is either 6' 10" or 6' 11". Elsewhere in the park I visited the big pine again and took its picture. I can never resist. I also shot nearly 10 minutes of video there, and I believe it came out to be one of my better videos. But I have not yet uploaded it to Youtube. When it's up, I'll let the group know. Attached to this email are my photos of the big cedar, the big pine and some gorgeous mushrooms seen pretty near the big pine. I have seen mushrooms like these many, many times this summer, in many different places. Enjoy the photos. Barry <DSC03773.JPG> <DSC03793.JPG> <DSC03844.JPG> <DSC03848.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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
