Ed- The Cleveland 700 is roughly equivalent to Sparta's 300, and represents the number of Cleveland Browns' NFL careers it's taken to finally beat the Steelers ;).
Steve On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > A number of years ago I took a friend and her two young daughters to the > Cleveland Zoo. Part of the sign along the road on the way was obscured and > they couldn't figure out what the Cleveland 700 was or why we were going > there. > > Ed > > "There's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask > questions." Chris Berman ESPN-U > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> > *To:* ENTS <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:14 PM > *Subject:* [ENTS] Cleveland Zoo and Arboretum > > ENTS- > > Took advantage of another nice day, with sunny skies and temps in the upper > 30's, and visited the Cleveland Zoo. It was nice to be there when it was > relatively deserted; no crowds, easy views of the animals, and time to > observe the plantings. As with most zoos anymore, the park is also > designated and developed as an arboretum. The site itself is in a creek > valley about 300 yards wide with hillsides on two sides, which gives it some > natural protection and allows the use of some unusual, not-so-hardy plant > material. On the slopes of the hillsides the native forest has been > maintained, with some decent sized oaks and maples, while in valley itself > native sycamores and pin oaks have been maintained and combined with exotic > species. The overall effect of the plantings is very appealing, with > attempts within the confines of hardiness to make specific areas look like > the parts of the world the different zoo displays represent. Bamboos and > ornamental grasses are used extensively, along with oriental spicebush, > which looks especially nice this time of year with the tawny foliage > remaining on the shrubs. Other unusual trees and shrubs included Cyprus > cedar, Cryptomeria, Arizona cypress, Cunninghamia, Persian parrotia, > Manchurian stripe-barked maple, southern magnolias, and Digger pine, a > California native that does surprisingly well here. A few pictures > attached. > > Steve > > -- > 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]
