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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-711739897-1351770987=:43673 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dusan=0AGrowing up on Panmure Island, PEI, a neighbour had a wind break= =0Aof Silver Maple. They were large trees when I first remember so probably= =0Adated from 1900 as a guess. Although I don't often visit there any more= =0Athe last I remember they had spread somewhat and had established sort of= a grove.=0ACertainly hardy enough. The owner was quite proud of them. They= would be far=0Abeyond their most easterly distribution. They suckered quit= e readily as I remember=0Abut the farmers cows took care of that - now the = cows are gone the silver maple thrive.=0AIn the old days according to local= tradition a nurseryman from the Annapolis Valley=A0=0Aused to come by hors= e and wagon with a load of various trees - not much more than=A0=0Arooted c= utting I guess and he would travel around PEI selling them as he could.=0AC= aroline poplar, silver maple can still be spotted at old farm houses - tree= s that=0Acame of his wagon. Don't know who the fellow was.=0AOne story was = he sold a supply of apple trees to a farmer who planted and cared for=0Athe= m. All the best varities or so he said. After 10 years or so they produced = fruit but=0Athey were all crabapples. The trees were still producing crabap= ples when I remember!=0AInteresting things trees=A0=0AHave a nice fall=0APa= ul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Dusan Soudek <so= udekd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Thursday, Nov= ember 1, 2012 8:06:58 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] assisted migration artic= le, Silver Maple=0A =0A=0A =0AThank you, Nancy, for the interesting referen= ce. The Silver =0AMaple (Acer saccharinum) seems to be one=A0 Southern tree= species =0Athat has=A0recently made the jump into our province. It's=A0fou= nd =0Anaturally in=A0seasonally flooded=A0river valleys of parts of=A0 N.B = =0Aand Maine, which are=A0the northernmost and easternmost tip of its =0Adi= stribution.=0A=A0=0AA few years ago I reported (on NatureNS) a healthy and = growing =0Apopulation of this species along Kings County's Cornwallis River= . The oldest =0Atrees here are roughly all of the same age, suggesting that= a local landowner =0Ahad planted them along the river some decades ago to = try to stabilize its =0Aeroding banks...=0A=A0=0ADusan Soudek=A0=A0=0A-----= Original Message ----- =0A>From: Nancy Dowd =0A>To: naturens =0A>Sent: Th= ursday, November 01, 2012 7:35 AM=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] assisted migratio= n article=0A>=0A>=0A>This article may interest some people on NatureNS:=0A= >=0A>=0A>Assisted Migration: Can we help forests adapt to climate change b= y moving trees north?=0A>In Atlantic Forestry Review November 2012 pp18-2= 1=0A>=0A>=0A>Nancy=0A> ---2114655128-711739897-1351770987=:43673 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dusan</= span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:= 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent= ; font-style: normal; "><span>Growing up on Panmure Island, PEI, a neighbou= r had a wind break</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size= : 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backgroun= d-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>of Silver Maple. They wer= e large trees when I first remember so probably</span></div><div style=3D"c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new y= ork', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><s= pan>dated from 1900 as a guess. Although I don't often visit there any more= </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-famil= y: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent= ; font-style: normal; "><span>the last I remember they had spread somewhat = and had established sort of a grove.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times= , serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Certain= ly hardy enough. The owner was quite proud of them. They would be far</span= ></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'ti= mes new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; fo= nt-style: normal; "><span>beyond their most easterly distribution. They suc= kered quite readily as I remember</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0= , 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, s= erif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>but the fa= rmers cows took care of that - now the cows are gone the silver maple thrive.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; fo= nt-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: t= ransparent; font-style: normal; "><span>In the old days according to local = tradition a nurseryman from the Annapolis Valley </span></div><div sty= le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',= 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma= l; "><span>used to come by horse and wagon with a load of various trees - n= ot much more than </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font= -size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; back= ground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>rooted cutting I gue= ss and he would travel around PEI selling them as he could.</span></div><di= v style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new ro= man', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Caroline poplar, silver maple can still be spotted at old = farm houses - trees that</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fon= t-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; bac= kground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>came of his wagon. = Don't know who the fellow was.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0= ); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, seri= f; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>One story was= he sold a supply of apple trees to a farmer who planted and cared for</spa= n></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 't= imes new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; f= ont-style: normal; "><span>them. All the best varities or so he said. After= 10 years or so they produced fruit but</span></div><div style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>t= hey were all crabapples. The trees were still producing crabapples when I r= emember!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; fo= nt-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: t= ransparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Interesting things trees </spa= n></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 't= imes new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; f= ont-style: normal; "><span>Have a nice fall</span></div><div style=3D"color= : rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'= , times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Paul</= div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times= new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-= style: normal; "><br></div><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-si= ze: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time= s, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Ar= ial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b= > Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-w= eight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D= "font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 1, 2012 8:06:58 AM= <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureN= S] assisted migration article, Silver Maple<br> </font> </div> <br><meta ht= tp-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv142287228= 0">=0A=0A =0A =0A<style></style>=0A=0A<div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4">Thank y= ou, Nancy, for the interesting reference. The Silver =0AMaple <i>(Acer sacc= harinum) </i>seems to be one Southern tree species =0Athat has r= ecently made the jump into our province. It's found =0Anaturally in&nb= sp;seasonally flooded river valleys of parts of N.B =0Aand Maine= , which are the northernmost and easternmost tip of its =0Adistributio= n.</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"></font> </div>=0A<div><font si= ze=3D"4">A few years ago I reported (on NatureNS) a healthy and growing =0A= population of this species along Kings County's Cornwallis River. The oldes= t =0Atrees here are roughly all of the same age, suggesting that a local la= ndowner =0Ahad planted them along the river some decades ago to try to stab= ilize its =0Aeroding banks...</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"></font>&= nbsp;</div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4">Dusan Soudek </font></div>= =0A<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PADD= ING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;" dir=3D"ltr">=0A <div styl= e=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-si= ze: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; ">----- Original Message= ----- </div>=0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; f= ont-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: aria= l; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initi= al; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b> =0A <a rel=3D"nofol= low" title=3D"nancydowd318@yahoo.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:nancydowd318@yahoo.c= a" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:nancydowd318@yahoo.ca">Nancy =0A Dowd<= /a> </div>=0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font= -weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; = "><b>To:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" ymailto= =3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</a> </div>=0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal= ; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: = normal; font-family: arial; "><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:35= =0A AM</div>=0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: ari= al; "><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] assisted migration =0A article</div>=0A = <div><br></div>=0A <div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); fon= t-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);= font-size: 12pt; ">=0A <div>This article may interest some people on Natu= reNS:</div>=0A <div><br></div>=0A <div style=3D"background-color: transpa= rent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times= , serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; ">Assisted =0A Migration: C= an we help forests adapt to climate change by moving trees =0A north?</div= >=0A <div style=3D"background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font= -family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-size: 16px; ">In =0A Atlantic Forestry Review November 2012 pp18-21</= div>=0A <div style=3D"background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; f= ont-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0= ); font-size: 16px; "><br></div>=0A <div style=3D"background-color: transp= arent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time= s, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; ">Nancy<br></div></div></bl= ockquote></div>=0A</div><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content= =3D"on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-711739897-1351770987=:43673--
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