Tim,
I'm sure you are right about the identification of black gum on the tree near the parking lot. I do recall black gum leaves on that tree from previous visits. Apparently I had a major senior moment. Hmmm, happens a lot these days. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Zelazo" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 9, 2009 5:07:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dendrology - the study of trees, # 1 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] 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] > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
