Hi James, Yes, you're right, Central Park is about 840 acres and it is surrounded by Manhattan - pretty much smack in the middle of it. It is an amazing place. I've been studying some of the trees there to see which species cope with living there better than others, but at the moment I am focusing on the Forests of New York Botanical Garden and Bronx River because they are remnants of old-growth. Never clear cut for timber or farming because they were privately owned by several generations of a family in the tobacco biz. The NYBG Forest in 50 acres. (It was known as the "Hemlock Grove" until the late 80s when they were all infested).
One of my favorite spots in Central Park is the mall between a double row of elms. They have been treated and monitored since the 30s, so they are in good shape. I'll try to figure out the pix! Thanks. -Jenny On Mar 1, 12:50 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, > > I would like to see some reports on New York City's Central Park. > Dispite it being entirely surrounded by the city, the park is sizeable > at more than 800 acres ( I think. ). > > Posting pictures to the discussion list is easy. Use Yahoo Mail, Gmail > or whatever you prefer and attach pictures to it and send it to > [email protected]. Make sure the e-mail address is the one > you use for ENTS or it won't post. I see you have a Gmail address. > That should work. > > James Parton > > On Mar 1, 10:03 am, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > I am so happy I found your discussion group while researching Hemlocks > > and other trees native to NYC and environs. I'm a volunteer assistant > > to the curator of the NYBG Forest and I'm working on a winter tree id > > booklet for the arborists and Forest volunteers and I would love to > > get some input/advice. Especially about some of the more difficult to > > identify trees. > > > I hope I can figure out how to post pictures. I wanted to ask if > > anyone thinks some quarter size holes in an older sugar maple > > (probably >100ya) were made by the Asian long-horned beetle or maybe > > just woodpeckers, or something else I don't know about. It's a > > beautiful and healthy tree now. And it's in such prominent location > > that if the insects were after it, they would immediately treat it. > > > Is this the right forum for me to discuss all this? I hope so. I've > > learned a lot looking through past post topics. > > > Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
