Jenny- No, I don't think sapsuckers would likely kill a tree directly, but might cause it enough stress to be more susceptible to other problems---insect, fungal diseases, etc.
Steve On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:56 PM, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh no! Poor tree! But, the sapsuckers don't cause the tree to die, do > they? > > Jenny > > On May 14, 2:48 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jenny- > > > > I pretty sure it is littleleaf linden---the bark looks different due > > to sapsucker damage. > > > > Steve > > > > On 5/14/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > The leaves look right to be the little-leaf linden, but what about > > > that bark? > > > > > I put p the wrong copper beech link (gasp!): > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/CopperBeechInwood?feat=direc. > .. > > > > > Thanks, Jenny > > > > > On May 14, 7:52 am, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Jenny- > > > > >> Looks like littleleaf linden, Tilia cordata. > > > > >> Steve > > > > >> On 5/14/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > ENTS, > > > > >> > Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan: any ideas about this tree? With the > > >> > magnifying tool, you can get a closer look at the leaves...(I'm 90% > > >> > sure the leaves belong to this tree and not another!) > > > > >> >http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/InwoodID1?feat=directlink > > > > >> > FYI: Inwood Park gets an A+++++++ for NYC trees, habitat diversity, > > >> > and geological stuff. Thanks to being neglected and underused until > > >> > recently, it feels like a patch of secret forest that has hidden > > >> > itself from people. (except for the spot where 25 cedars were > > >> > senselessly slaughtered in March...) > > > > >> > If interested in looking at an incongruous grand old copper beech > that > > >> > appeared out of nowhere: Great place for a treehouse. > > > > >> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iah-a5UMkchtXbqEQtNpcA?feat=dire... > > > > >> > Thanks, 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
