Native Tree Society BBS

I belong to the International Oak Society and there was a thread on these trees a while back. It was brought up, even in this group, IOS, that you should never have a monoculture of anything. We, the US, have done this in the past. We first lined all of our streets with American Elms then came along...

I'm glad to be back. Health issues took me out for a long time. I'm still not up to par but I'm getting tuned up.

Beth

Tom,

I 'm glad to hear about both of your books. I hope that they do well.

Beth

I wish that we all could back in time to see the eastern forest as they were before all the logging companys came through. It would also be nice to see what they would have looked like with out any human intervention.

Beth

There was a article in the Missouri Conservationist about some hunter killing an albino baby deer. They said it wouldn't make through the winter. MY A@@! There was a pic too. The only thing I wanted to was take the hunter's gun and hit over the head with it as hard as I could.

It is with my regeat that my family's "big oak tree" has had to resign as the Illinois State Champion Quercus velutina , Black Oak. At the time it was registered as the state champ, 2007, it was 70.7" circumference or 18.5' around, stood 85' tall and a average spread of 77'. My brothe...

James,
That poem is ... well there are no words that are good enough.

Beth

thanks Larry. I'm that the power stays on as I'm in an all electric home and the temps are predicted to get -6F tomorrow night.

St. Louis City is now under a Blizzard Warning. Last night we got up 1/2" of ice mixed with sleet and snow. This morning, in a line NE to SW with St. Louis City on the line, is the dividing line between thundersnow and thundersleet. They are predicting to convert over to all snow about noon wit...

I thought Larches lost their leaves in the fall like bald cypresses. If this is so why wouldn't they turn color?