James - What an incredible place! Barry - You may know this, but Woodlawn cemetery in the Bronx has the tallest Eastern White Pine in the city plus some other notable trees...
Jenny On Mar 1, 6:21 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
