Jenny & Larry, The grounds surrounding the Biltmore House and Central Park have something in common. Both were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. Larry, you have visited the Biltmore Estate firsthand as have I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted JP On Mar 1, 6:00 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
