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Hi Mary & All, June 6, 2007
Cedar in NS, except for plantings, is limited to a few narrow
toe-holds. I have seen no indication that it ever was more abundant or
widely distributed in colonial times. I have never worked round Cedar
but, from trees that I have seen in NB, would expect the grain to be
spiral, i.e. not suitable for split and shave shingle production.
Straight-grained White Pine was the wood of choice for splitting
shingles by froe in NS. Even after shingle mills sprang up, some used
this laborious technique because it saved a few pennies; a consideration
for many in historic Nova Scarcity.
Yt, DW, Kentville
Mary Macaulay wrote:
> Yes they are Paul and native stands are considered rare in the
> province. I believe they became scarce because of the historic market
> for shakes and shingles but stand to be corrected.
> Mary
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> To: Nature NS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] White Cedars
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 03:35:14 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hi All
> Yesterday walking along the Annapolis River, we
> encountered a very nice white cedar tree. It was in a
> grove of native pines and oaks among others. Some of
> them quite large.
> The cedar tree itself was prehaps 30 cms in trunk
> diameter - a very good size for that species.
> Does anyone know if cedars are native to the Annapolis
> Valley or are they escapes from plantings? If native
> it prehaps would qualify for the biggest tree list
> which I read about from time to time.
> Enjoy the spring
> Paul
>
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