Turner,
Regarding species on the islands and along the Allegheny River. The area is somewhat outside of the native range of Boxelder, so I would not expect to see it along the river. Similarly I have not seen cottonwood along the upper Allegheny River. This is not an area within the native range of the species. The few hundred miles between here and West Virginia crosses several species range boundaries. I thin cottonwood is present farther down the river, but not up this far. White Ash is extremely common along this stretch of the river and is present on all of the islands and along the shore, but I have not seen green ash at all. hackberry is present on several of the islands, with some really large specimens on Crull Island, the northernmost of the wilderness islands. Ed "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth ----- Original Message ----- From: turner To: ENTSTrees Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:49 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: ENTS October 2009 Rendezvous Ed.Ents: It may have been my imagination but I believe Randy Brown got just as wet and miserable as anybody on the canoe trip that Dale made us go on. One goal of the trip was to find two more species to measure heights to complete a Rucker Index of the Islands. We failed. Having said that I thoroughly enjoyed our little paddle but am still somewhat perplexed at the species we did not see. ie examples of Boxelder, Cottonwood, Green Ash, Hackberry. I am off to Joshua Tree Mational Monument to warm up and dry out and hopefully measure some palm trees. Turner Sharp measure --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
