Just got the book today... Can't wait to dig in.
Mike On Jan 7, 9:51 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas, > > I've ordered the book from Amazon and eagerly await its arrival. Ed > Frank posted a note about it on December 6th. > > Also, I used to live in Toronto and spent many a day in High Park. > Never been to Lynndale though... > > Mike > > On Jan 3, 9:44 pm, Peter Aplin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > H Tom > > I've never been to Backus Woods, but I've hiked through the Charles > > Sauriol Forest across the concession road from Backus. I've never > > seen such large Tulip, Beech and White Pines. It is a great place to > > see many Carolinian species north of the border. As I live in > > Toronto, I will go to Lynndale Park, its just up the road from where > > I live! > > If you are in the Toronto area, check out Rattlesnake Point near > > Milton. Its along the escarpment and has many very old and gnarly > > Eastern White Cedars. > > Happy New Year > > Peter > > On 3-Jan-10, at 5:16 PM, thomas howard wrote: > > > > ENTS, > > > > I received the new bookOntario'sOld-Growth Forests as a Christmas > > > present. This book by Michael Henry and Peter Quinby is fabulous! > > > it is filled with color photos of glorious old growth trees and > > > forests, and there are detailed descriptions of over 50 old growth > > > forests with photos of each site, maps of each site, age of oldest > > > trees, forest type, and preservation status. The book is divided by > > > forest regions with emphasis on the spectacular White Pine forests > > > ofOntario, including Algonquin Provincial Park (where White Pine > > > to 486 years old has been found), Temagami (where the largest old > > > growth Eastern White Pine forests in the world remain). There is > > > not much height information and the authors suggest ENTS methods. > > > They refer to a White Pine 67 meters tall (about 220 ft.) in 1860, > > > and to what could beOntario'stallest trees today - White Pines 50 > > > meters tall (about 164 ft.) in Gillie's Grove west of Ottawa. Old > > > growth oak savannas are also covered including Paradise Grove in > > > Niagara-on-the-Lake and High Park in Toronto which I visited a week > > > ago; also old growth Black Gum over 400 years old in Backus Woods > > > near Lake Erie. There is a chapter with more wonderful photos of > > > the ancient White Cedars of the Niagara Escarpment - these are > > >Ontario'soldest trees and there is a photo of a tree that sprouted > > > in A.D. 701! Also a White Cedar that died in A.D. 770 after living > > > 1890 years! There is a great deal of information about how to > > > recognize old growth, about salamanders, bats, etc. and other > > > creatures that live in old growth forests, scientific, spiritual > > > value of old growth, efforts to preserveOntario'sthreatened old > > > growth forests, essays about various values of old growth forests, > > > and even an essay about a type of forest little heard about - > > > boreal rain forest by Lake Superior. There is so much more, > > > including detailed descriptions of species like Hemlock, White > > > Pine, Red Pine in old growth settings. I highly recommend this book! > > > > I've also examined some trees in Toronto, and I'm including a > > > report about them here. I did not have the laser rangefinder with > > > me. Lynndale Park is a park near where my brother lives in Toronto. > > > > Lynndale Park, Toronto, Ont. 10/31/2009 and other Toronto sites > > > Dec. 2009 > > > > Lynndale Park is a small neighborhood park in the Scarborough > > > section of Toronto. > > > It is near Wood Glen Rd. off Kingston Rd. The main feature of this > > > pleasant little park is a group of about 22 partly open-grown Red > > > Oaks and White Oaks up to 50 ft. or a little more tall. The oaks > > > seem to be about 80-100 years old. > > > > Trees examined: > > > Red Oak 30.3” dbh > > > Red Oak 32.8” dbh largest tree > > > White Oak 24” dbh should be largest White Oak > > > Red Oak 32.5” dbh > > > White Oak 18.9” dbh average for White Oaks > > > > I counted 12 Red Oaks and 10 White Oaks. > > > Near edges are large open-grown Silver Maples, and 2 big Black > > > Locusts near Wood Glen Rd. entrance. Black Locust 23.5” dbh. > > > Wildlife – Black Squirrels, common in all Toronto parks. > > > > Toronto has a great many oaks in its neighborhoods, mainly Red Oaks > > > with some White Oaks; these trees average 50-70 ft. tall and a few > > > Red Oaks reach 4 ft. dbh. > > > All Oaks in these areas in eastern Toronto are second growth. > > > > Large old growth Red Oaks and White Oaks are the dominant trees in > > > Queens Park in downtown Toronto – these trees average over 4 ft. > > > dbh and have open-grown form as they are remnants from old growth > > > savanna. I counted about 170 rings on the stump of a giant Red Oak > > > (stump radius over 30 in.). > > > > High Park in western Toronto has a restored old growth Oak Savanna > > > ecosystem with huge Black Oaks. On Dec. 26, 2009 Jack Howard and I > > > visited High Park and examined the following: > > > Black Oak stump 167 rings 30” > > > radius > > > Black Oak cross-section 206 rings 12” radius > > > – from well up in tree; remains of this fallen tree are next to a > > > massive standing open-grown Black Oak over > > > 4 ft. dbh. The tree I examined like other fallen trees > > > at High Park was most likely the victim of a storm. The stump of > > > the tree with 206 rings was over > > > 50 % hollow and I could only count 103 rings on the nearly 40” > > > radius stump. > > > Black Oak cross-section 164 rings 55” radius > > > – this cross-section lying on > > > top of a stump close to 6 ft. across, and near a huge > > > standing Black Oak > > > with massive spiral grain trunk and open grown form. > > > > Tom Howard > > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. 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