James The first photo is on a blackwater lake off the Altamaha River downstream from Jesup Ga in Wayne County and the second and third are on Ebenezer Creek in Effingham County, a blackwater tributary of the Savannah River just north of Savannah GA. They are Ogeechee Limes which are Tupelos, (Nyssa ogeechee) and are very common on blackwater streams in SE GA and FLA.
On Oct 14, 6:38 pm, "JAMES L. FAY" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi- > Can you tell me what kind of tree you are standing in and where they are? I > retired from Sales & Marketing at age 52. A few years ago my appendix burst > while I was in the Lobby of Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. I woke up 4 > months later, having had a Stroke and my Left Leg amputated. I could find > no "Classy" Walking Sticks so I taught myself how to turn wood. I am now a > Master Turner. I have always love trees and wrote to someone about a 500 > year old Sycamore here in Norfolk,MA-3 or 4 Houses away. The house was > built in 1700s-early. My wife is in this recent photo. > > Jim > The rounded parts are Boles and someday when the tree passes; all the Canes > inside that tree will get loose...... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Barry Caselli > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Diamondback > > Wow! I've never heard of Ogeechee Limes, and have never seen trees > like those. > Thanks. > > --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Will <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Will <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Diamondback > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 8:10 AM > > Gary > > I have seen Indigos a few times, but they are secretive and live > primarily in gopher holes on sandhills. They share their habitat with > diamondbacks and the gophers who dug the tunnels. Unfortionately many of > these sandhills are considered dead land and are cleared for other uses as > they won't grow timber. As an example about 15 years ago the county bought a > 200 acre sandhill a few miles from me and converted it to an industrial > park. They relocated several hundred old gophers to one of the coastal > islands, but the snakes in the holes just got obliterated. > > As for the Ogeechee Limes, they are plentiful. As I follow the > discussions on the problems of accuratly measuring the girth of old large > multistem oaks, I really wonder how they they would treat an old ogeechee > lime. Below are a few pictures from the area. > > Will, > > Do you ever see any Eastern indigo snakes? I think GA and FL is > about > the only places they are left. > > I think the Ogeechee is famous for that small variety of tupelo > from > which the bees make the famous tupelo honey. > > gs > > > > Ogeechee Line and Pete Krull.jpg > 711KViewDownload > > ebeneezer creek 3_1_08 Ogeechee Lime.jpg > 270KViewDownload > > ebenezer 5_18_08 Ogeechee Lime.jpg > 275KViewDownload > > SYCAMORE- PRE 1700.JPG > 684KViewDownload > > LakeStreetSamuelDuntonHouse.jpg > 105KViewDownload > > S-10082009-1.JPG > 701KViewDownload- 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
