Neil, Great story. I felt as if I was there with you.
James P. On Mar 1, 8:36 pm, neil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jenny, ENTS, > > I've walked around the NYBG Forest a bit with Ned Barnard some time > ago. The trees are large, but have some open-grown traits, which might > suggest they are not as old as them might appear to be. But, for NYC, > they are cool! I keep hearing the hemlock were old-growth. > > I've not made it to Inwood yet, but here there are some large trees > up there. > > It is hard to say what the oldest trees are in NYC. Likely it it some > forgotten Nyssa on the edge of some wetland. > > However, I was lucky enough to be led to some post oaks on Hunter > Island in the Bronx by Ned Barnard. It turned out the oldest > individuals were likely saplings or seedlings when the Brits occupied > the island during the Revolutionary War. Here is an article about > sampling on the island back > then:http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com/story.php?storyid=1526 > > neil > > On Mar 1, 7:07 pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > James, Awesome! I didn't know that. After seeing Biltmore, I can > > imagine what Central Park must be like. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
