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Index of Subjects -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:53 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] White Cedars 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 > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight > and hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > _________________________________________________________________ > See Fireworks On Live Image Search > http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=Fireworks&mkt=en-ca&FORM=SERNEP > >
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