Bob: Remember the tree on the edge of the parking lot that I was trying to key out? I think that was Nyssa sylvatica, Black tupelo; blackgum. My study notes for Dendro say the fruit looks like a dried raisin and that was just like the berry I mentioned to you. The bark we are discussing was from the tree near the Native American rock site and if that was Quercus prinus, Chestnut oak;rock oak, shame on me. I don't see these species often so I'm trying to refresh my mind in the forest.
Tim On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Gary A Beluzo <[email protected]> wrote: > GREAT IDEA!!! > > Gary > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Steve, > > There are tupelos on Mount Tom, but not where we were yesterday. Your > observation suggests a collective ENTS project. We could submit images of a > favored species, where identification has been positively made, but physical > features make quick visual identification difficult, i.e. physical > characteristics at the limits? What do you think? Others? We could then put > the characteristics images into an ENTS species gallery? > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Galehouse" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>[email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2009 10:38:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dendrology - the study of trees, # 1 > > Tim- > > The photo of black oak bark looks like tupelo to me. The species must be > more variable than I thought. > > Steve > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Timothy Zelazo < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ENTS: >> >> Another great day to walk and talk with Bob Leverett in the great >> outdoors.. I've always enjoyed identifying the forest trees while I walked >> the land. Today was especially enjoyable because I encountered various >> species I'm not accustomed to seeing. Black oak was my new tree for the >> week. >> >> 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
