Native Tree Society BBS

I had run this portion of the Foothills Trail a month ago. I noticed how tall the pines looked. The white pines seemed to go up forever. The pitch pines reached almost as hig. The shortleaf and virgina pines grew tall as well. The anticipation to measure was strong. The area I measured is between Mo...

Photographing the yellow birch up there is on my to do list and you beat me to it, in my own backyard! There are many more to shoot and I'll get up there soon...and pick some blueberries. The chestnut oaks and sugar maples in the area are almost as contorted as the birches. They are the 'kings of co...

I wish I could help on the vine. That's a nice pattern. I've seen some enormous poison ivy vines on rock outcroppings in full sun. They may not be nearly as old as the ones on trees in the shade. It's amazing what some of these older universities have around campus. I'm impressed that there's an act...

That is an impressive essay on both civil disobediance and highlighting of corruption. Why should he get two years in prison? He challenged the stauus quo of big business. Big business is able to steam roll over its employees and often the public with little or no recourse. I see Tim DeChristopher a...

The bark is substantially different from the pitch pines I've seen. I can't find anything else that fits it however. Also, the structure of the tree is nothing like pitch pines just 100 yards away. Thanks.

North Carolina has a multitude of what are called Mountain Treasures. Some of these roadless areas have been nominated for Wilderness status but have failed to pass in Congress. Scenic Areas are a little less retrictive but still provide nearly the same level of protection. I certainly hope that the...

Ed, I'm in no way schooled in the art of hawthorn identification. My very limited research leads me to believe with very little doubt that it is a scarlet and I would agree that it should be recorded under scarlet unless anyone on this site knows better. A thousand varieties seems to be a ridiculous...

Yes, quite a first post! I've spent some time in North Chagrin in the past but before I was really interested in trees. The visitor center used to have some old cross sections. I have no idea of what trees they were. I'm certain there are small patches of old growth in many of the ravines in the Met...

James-sounds like Sycamore Flats was a good area for tulip--there's still one old growth tree left. Ed-It's almost certainly a scarlet hawthorn. I don't know my hawthorns (who can distinguish 80 varieties?) but according to my Smokies tree book, most any high altitude hawthorn is a scarlet and this ...

I found a white pine with some similarities but it's not in the same class as that spruce. That is a tremendous tree which simply oozes character! Please post more trees with unusual charcter.