Jennie, Welcome to ENTS. You have expressed is a pretty brood range of interests in New England forests. Certainly there are people here on the list that can address many of your questions. There is a search engine on the home page of the ENTS website http://www.nativetreesociety.org that lets you search for subjects on the website.
I want to address one limited portion of your interests. There are a few epiphyte related posts on the ENTS website. http://www.google.com/cse?cx=006676912687047811455%3Axki1xeiyulm&ie=UTF-8&q=epiphytes In general there appears to be a positive link between the amount of moisture present , and the number and variety of epiphytes present in the trees. At Pictured Rocks National Seashore in MI for example, there was a band of trees along the lake that were covered with epiphytes, while farther from shore they were less developed. This is likely a result of fog coming in from lake Superior. There are likely similar situations in New England near larger lakes and the ocean. I don't know if anyone has systematically looked at the question there. Ed Frank Check out my new Blog: http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ (and click on some of the ads) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
