Read somewhere that the Atlantic white cedar was also called "green cypress" back in the olden days, doubtless because of the tree being evergreen plus being found sometimes in the company of bald cypress.
AWC is one of those species prone to that spiraling bark habit. It gets around, there are natural examples of it as far south as SE Mississippi. On Aug 29, 6:11 am, [email protected] wrote: > 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/lslg8dWhen 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>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
