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naturens-owner@che ---285128509-1086065079-1371227531=:96384 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nancy and All=0AAll conifer trees produce copious amounts of pollen.=0AA= s some have suggested White Pine is one of the main producers here=0Abut he= mlock, fir and spruce do also. One of the reasons old growth forests=0Aare = so important to the health of the area.=0AMy best pollen story was a number= of years ago, my daughter was studying=0Ageology - she came home one day a= nd said Dad - I want you to show me a hemlock tree.=0AI know what million y= ear old hemlock pollen looks like from the rocks we study=0Abut not the tre= e! The question=A0 was solved looking out the window.=0AThe reason pollen i= s so important it is a key link in the Nitrogen Cycle. A long time since=0A= I studied that and I forgot the formulas as soon as I passed the course. So= me of my friends=0Aremembered them longer as they had to repeat the course!= =0APollen as you say falls in the water and it provides food for the small = things, nymphs and other=0Alife forms. Small things feed bigger things and = after awhile the nitrogen in the pollen ends up=0Ain fish, loons, turtles a= nd so on. Some might even end up in my frying pan.=0AAs the story in the Bi= ble, it is really manna from heaven for Nature in NS!=0AEnjoy the spring=0A= Paul=0A=A0=0A =0A=0A________________________________=0A From: nancy dowd <n= ancypdowd@gmail.com>=0ATo: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0ASent: Frid= ay, June 14, 2013 6:41:32 AM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] pollen from which tree= =0A =0A=0A=0AWhich species of tree is dispersing the pollen seen now on la= kes in the SW half of NS? Pine?=0A=0AThis photo shows an area of sheltered = shoreline on L Torment, E Dalhousie, Kings Co where the wind has gathered t= he pollen into electric green windrows. It is more thinly dispersed through= out the lake but still easily visible from a boat as a green suspension jus= t below the surface.=0A=0Ahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9041238= 876/=0A=0ANancy ---285128509-1086065079-1371227531=:96384 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 id=3D"yiv9094642= 053"><div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, = new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);"><div id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_43"><span id=3D"yiv= 9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_52">Hi Nancy and All</span></div><div>= <span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_54">All conifer trees p= roduce copious amounts of pollen.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv909464205= 3yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_56">As some have suggested White Pine is one of= the main producers here</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_= 2_31_1371226291172_58">but hemlock, fir and spruce do also. One of the reas= ons old growth forests</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_= 31_1371226291172_60">are so important to the health of the area.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172= _62">My best pollen story was a number of years ago, my daughter was studyi= ng</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_64"= >geology - she came home one day and said Dad - I want you to show me a hem= lock=0A tree.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_137122= 6291172_66">I know what million year old hemlock pollen looks like from the= rocks we study</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371= 226291172_68">but not the tree! The question was solved looking out t= he window.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_137122629= 1172_70">The reason pollen is so important it is a key link in the Nitrogen= Cycle. A long time since</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7= _2_31_1371226291172_72">I studied that and I forgot the formulas as soon as= I passed the course. Some of my friends</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv90= 94642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_74">remembered them longer as they had t= o repeat the course!</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31= _1371226291172_76">Pollen as you say falls in the water and it provides foo= d for the small things, nymphs and other</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_78">life forms. Small things= feed bigger things and after awhile the=0A nitrogen in the pollen ends up<= /span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_80">in= fish, loons, turtles and so on. Some might even end up in my frying pan.</= span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226291172_82">As = the story in the Bible, it is really manna from heaven for Nature in NS!</s= pan></div><div><span>Enjoy the spring</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></d= iv><div><span></span> </div><div><br id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1= 371226291172_44"></div> <div style=3D"font-family: times new roman, new yo= rk, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" id=3D"yiv9094642053yui_3_7_2_31_1371226= 291172_46" class=3D"yiv9094642053ms__id669"> <div style=3D"font-family: tim= es new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=3D"yiv9094642= 053ms__id671"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0p= x; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-= size: 0px;" class=3D"yiv9094642053hr yiv9094642053yui-non yiv9094642053yui-skip"></div> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <b><span s= tyle=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmai= l.com><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens= <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;"= >Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 14, 2013 6:41:32 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"fo= nt-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] pollen from which tree<br>= </font> </div> <div class=3D"yiv9094642053y_msg_container"><br><div id=3D"= yiv9094642053"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Which species of tree is dis