[NatureNS] Look at big trees -

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Thanks for your message Larry.  Perhaps you (or others) can address two
questions that I have;
1.  The black spots on the maple leaves.  I saw them a few years ago in
Montreal and was told this disease is devastating to the trees.  Now this is
rampant in my neighborhood (downtown Dartmouth). Is this true?
2.  How do you estimate height of trees in the woods?  We tried to report on
the trees at Abraham Lake a couple of years ago.  The ground was so
hummocky, and the trees so close together, that we were unable to use the
system that we downloaded from the website.
Cheers.
Jane

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[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Larry Bogan
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:17 PM
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Subject: [NatureNS] Look at big trees -


I have added trees to the Nature N.S. Big Tree Project
See the list at http://www.naturens.ca/node/12

Recently, I was riding along Brooklyn Street in the Annapolis Valley and
admiring the number of large Sugar Maples, Red Maples, White Ash, and
Red Oak growing on farm lawns and beside the road. There are nice trees
at various places along this road from Kentville to the Kings county
line. I found the best trees on the Street just west of Rt 360 north out
of Berwick. So far I have added a Red Maple that is the largest yet in
the list. I want to go back and measure an ash and oak. Or if someone
else beats me too it fine. Just send the results to me and I will put
them up on the Project page.

The table is sortable so you can see how your county is doing in various
species of large trees. Be sure to click on the 'thumbnail' list feature
to get pictures and details on a popup window.

This time of the year, many of you will be admiring the colors of the
tree leaves. If you see a tree with a large diameter trunk and decent
height, take a picture, measure its circumference and estimate its
height (see the Big Tree Project page for help and ideas). There are big
trees of many species that have not been reported yet. AND there are
many counties that have not trees reported. (There are only trees listed
for Annapolis(1), Colchester(1), Cumberland(2), Halifax(5), Hants(7),
Kings(22) and Inverness(1) Counties).

We need, for example,: Jack Pine, Poplars,  other  Maples,  Balsam Fir,
Locust trees, White Spruce, Mountain Ash and many others.

Unfortunately, I had to mark two of the large trees as dead or gone. The
largest tree, an American Elm, in Port Graville, was removed last year.
A large Red Spruce died on the N.Mtn in Kings County.  I did not remove
the trees information because I think it is important to remember what
we had. However, if we do not record other big trees and they go, we
will never know what we had.

Cheers,
Larry Bogan

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