Barry
I'll take your advice. I'm relatively sure I know which species,
but wouldn't swear to it.
Bob
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On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Bob,
> FYI, you ought to narrow down which species of Catalpa you have
> there. I've been told that the two species are difficult to tell
> apart though. I only know which one we have from asking a naturalist
> I know. Oops. I forgot to look at the pictures. Doh! I'll do that now.
> Barry
>
> --- On Mon, 11/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [ENTS] Evening reflections
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: "Weiss, Nancy" <[email protected]>, "SCHRATER, FAYE"
> <[email protected]
> >, "Kaiser, Amy" <[email protected]>, "Blaich, Tanya"
> ><[email protected]
> >, "Belchetz-Swenson, Sarah" <[email protected]>, "Loomis,
> Rob " <[email protected]>, "Ricci, Heidi"
> <[email protected]>, "Dittmer, Paul"
> <[email protected]>, "Williams, Bill" <[email protected]
> >
> Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:44 PM
>
> ENTS,
>
> Monica and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather this afternoon
> and took our birch bark canoe out on little Fitzgerald Lake. The
> lake is about a third of a mile from our front door. It is part of a
> nearly 700-acre conservation area. I have sent quite a few images of
> it in the past. I'll not comment on the individual images. They
> pretty well speak for themselves.
>
> I am involved with the Broad Brook Coalition, which helps the City
> of Northampton manage the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area. My role
> is to help with the interpretive services. We are going to identify
> the tree species visible from along the trail network and provide
> information on each species in a brochure. In addition to
> identification information, my idea is to provide 10 interesting
> facts about each species. Any suggestions/recommendations on what
> might be of greatest interest for any of the following species would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> N. red oak Black oak Chestnut oak White oak Scarlet oak
> Sugar maple Red maple Striped Maple
>
> Yellow birch White birch Black birch
>
> Red elm A. basswood A. hornbeam Hop hornbeam
>
> Eastern cottonwood Bigtooth aspen Quaking aspen
>
> Black cherry Witch hazel Flowering dogwood
>
> Black locust A. chestnut A. beech
>
> White ash Green ash Catalpa Staghorn sumac
>
> Pignut hickory Shagbark hickory
>
> White pine Eastern hemlock
>
> There are a few other species in the area, but these are the ones I
> can think of off the top of my head. I haven't yet identified Pin
> oak, although I'm fairly certain it grows in the area. Neither have
> I identified tulip poplar, although it can be found farther up Broad
> Brook. I believe Swamp white oak grows somewhere in the conservation
> area.
>
> Our assumption is that people will be more drawn to the trees if we
> give them really interesting tidbits about each species.
>
> Bob
>
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