Native Tree Society BBS

Burlingame, you say? Ironically, I was just there (for a convention) and admiring the downtown area's glorious trees back in April. Including, of course, the many towering eucalyptus lining the streets. Unfortunately I had no tape measure with me, but next April, maybe I'll think to bring one. Anyon...

Aside from the genetic and mechanical factors (wind, ice, animal damage, etc.) I kind of wonder if drought plays a role, at least here in AL; while we're usually among the wettest states in the eastern US, when we have droughts they're rather extreme, especially when combined with intense summer hea...

ENTS... On the morning of November 16th, for my 23rd birthday, my grandfather and I took a trip a couple of counties over to the Sipsey Wilderness of the Bankhead NF, as we do with some regularity. The weather was expected to be cool and cloudy with rain beginning by late evening, with pockets of de...

If there are 160'+ tulips in AL, I'm certainly not aware of them; they would pretty much have to be in the Bankhead NF (with a very very slight chance of encountering one in a perfect situation in some other random cove in the northern third of the state) and I know ENTS has explored a little of it ...

UGGGG. Well that's disheartening. We've lost a great number of big trees recently. Although, it's not entirely shocking that the Pickering Pine fell because it had a fire scar near the base that went all the way through the trunk... a flying buttress just doesn't work that well on trees that aren't ...

Yep. I wonder how many people could still be trapped there right now. It's quite a tragedy to have people killed in a national park in any regard, but knowing Cades Cove and its surroundings quite well it hits home even harder.

http://news.yahoo.com/2-dead-violent-storm-lashes-great-smokies-104907386.html TOWNSEND, Tenn. (AP) — Violent thunderstorms swept through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, toppling large trees throughout the popular tourist spot and killing at least two people. Ralph Frazier, 50...

Hey Zachary, is the poplar still healthy? I ask because I was just reading about the Wasilik Poplar in NC, which suffered greatly because of root-trampling. At the time of our visit two years ago, the tree itself seemed very healthy, with a full crown (perhaps replacing a long-ago broken top) and a...

Ed, Good question - I can't recall seeing very many hemlock seedlings in Dismals Canyon, if any at all. If I recall properly, though, there were a few trees around a foot around, that wouldn't have been too old. I don't know if the trees there were producing cones, at least not this year, though I d...

Ed,

Thanks, will do!

~Z