Scott. It looks like a good site for Ruckering to me! You got 10 species listed.
JP On Jan 10, 12:28 pm, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS > > Yesterday My son and I attended the annual winter survival campout > with the boyscouts. It was held, as it has been for many many years, > in the "woods" in Tinicum Delaware Co. within sight of the > Philadelphia airport. Tinicum was first settled by the Swedes in 1643, > so the area has a long history. The Lenni Lenape also lived in this > area before that. I was curious about the name "woods" that my friend > used for the site. He and another father grew up there, and said it > was always refered to as the woods. Upon arrival, I was astonished to > see the remnant of an old forest in amongst the row homes and other > buildings. There was no grass on the ground, just leaves. There were > hundreds of old beat up trees throughout the woods, typical > characteristics for old trees. Lots of dead wood, broken limbs, huge > healed over knobs from old branches, giant cavities the boys could fit > into. What also amazed me was the inventory. > > White Oak > Black Oak > Red Oak > Black Walnut > Willow Oak > Sweet Gum > Southern Red Oak > Beech > Pin Oak > Black Cherry > > I am guessing this is a patch that was saved at some point. Not > original timber, but close to it. Most trees were over ten feet in > cbh. > > The current town of Tinicum sprang up here when Westinghouse built a > factory down by the Delaware River. The "woods" was set aside by > Westinghouse for use of the boyscouts in 1937. A very nice cabin was > erected on the site for the boys, and it is still functioning today. > I hope to return to the site soon to do some measuring, as I think we > may have a contender for a state champion Southern Red Oak. I will > get some pictures too. I think the trees may be around 200 years old > or so. > > Scott
