Bob, The best Catalpa key I have found I added to the ENTS website here:
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/species/catalpa.htm The best identification is when the leaves are still green - Northern Catalpa leaves don't have an odor when crushed, while southern catalpa leaves have an unpleasant odor. Ed Check out my new Blog: http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ (and click on some of the ads) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [ENTS] Evening reflections Barry I'll take your advice. I'm relatively sure I know which species, but wouldn't swear to it. Bob Sent from my iPhone 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- 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] -- 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] -- 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]
