Larry, >From the research I've been able to dig up, the oldest trees are only about 130 years old.(well, I guess that's pretty old for a tree in the middle of Manhattan!) The oldest tree is likely a London Plane in the northern part of the park (1880). There is a European Beech that is over 100 that the city is cloning! Not sure what that's all about...
The park was constructed between 1860 - 1873. Some original tree stands were left alone, but probably not still around. Currently there are about 26,000 trees in the park of 140 species. Not sure what the native/non-native ratio is. Because the park is so impacted by people, there aren't a lot of young trees regenerating. But it's heavily managed and I'm sure regular plantings take place. More as I learn! If you ever go out to measure, let me know! Jenny On Mar 1, 3:37 pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, Welcome to ENTS. I would really enjoy walking and measuring > the trees in Central Park. I've often wondered how old would the > largest trees be in the Park? Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
