Barry: I was surprised to see the Pitch pine near the VT. border. The CT. border also had some beautiful Pitch pines, so the AT in MA has two nice book ends for the 88.7 miles.
Tim On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim, > Is that PItch Pine, in that second picture taken on the AT near the Vermont > border? (Your post below is from October 31. I'm way behind.) > > > --- On *Sat, 10/31/09, Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Ironwood tree > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 2:04 PM > > > I took this photo on Friday while walking on the AT in North Adams MA . > The ironwood tree was larger than any other ironwood I've seen and it was > tall. Most of them I see are about the size of a 3" to 6" post, and they > are easily distinguished from other trees by its bark, which has a "shreddy" > appearance and is broken into small, shaggy plates which curve away from the > truck. > > Hornbeam has smooth bark and a twisted, fluted trunk, dark bluish gray in > color. I've heard many people call them bluebeech or muscle wood. American > hornbeam is usually regarded as a "weed tree" because of its small size and > poor form. > > Tim > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
