Ed, Bob, ENTS- Northern Catalpa is the common ornamental species, and it gets big--60-80' here in N Ohio, Southern Catalpa is much smaller and more multi-stemmed. I think the vast majority of Catalpas planted in the NE or Midwest are Northern.
Steve On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, > > Thanks. I'm 90% sure the Catalpas up here are northern, but as I said to > Barry, I'll check. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:38:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Evening reflections > > 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 <[email protected]> > *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]>[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]> > [email protected] > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society <http://www.nativetreesociety.org> > http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to <[email protected]>[email protected] > Visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en> > http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to <[email protected]> > [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]<entstrees%[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]<entstrees%[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]<entstrees%[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]
