Uh, yeah, not being familiar with bald cypress cones I was more interested in specifics than plausible speculation.
On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > Randy, if you read this, there was no attempt to put you down on my > first reply. > > It occurred to me that some of us might not know that the cone of a > bald cypress shatters in the late fall, releasing usually 20-30 > seeds. > > The shattering aspect is why we don't see fossilized taxodium cones > from the far past, I guess. I recently came across a fossilized > metasequoia cone from the late Cretaceous, which is very interesting. > > Gary Smith > > On Aug 29, 5:44 pm, "Paul Jost" <[email protected]> wrote: >> ..the way most do, in their belly, then out their droppings... >> >> PJ >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Randy Brown" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:42 PM >> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Bald Cypress found last week >> >>> How would a wood duck carry the seeds around? >> >>> On Aug 29, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Gary Smith wrote: >> >>>> Seeded by a wood duck, I reckon. >> >>>> There is supposed to be a pretty nice grove of bald cypress >>>> credited >>>> to wood ducks, either in N.J. or Long Island, N.Y., can't recall >>>> which, offhand. >> >>>> On Aug 28, 9:33 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Last week I was at Atsion, another of our ghost towns. Near the >>>>> ironmaster's mansion I found a very small Bald Cypress growing >>>>> along a stream bank, a very appropriate place for one to be. But >>>>> what the heck is a Bald Cypress doing in the pine barrens? I don't >>>>> know. I know the one at Weymouth was planted. >>>>> Anyway, attached are some photos of the tree and some of its >>>>> knees. >>>>> Enjoy, >>>>> Barry >> >>>>> DSC03564.JPG >>>>> 426KViewDownload >> >>>>> DSC03565.JPG >>>>> 254KViewDownload >> >>>>> DSC03566.JPG >>>>> 180KViewDownload- 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
