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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CE6925.CC9C12D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nancy; Those are RED PINE. Don't ever go looking for wildflowers = under them. The whole area is covered with dead needles and is a = "Botanical Wasteland." "PSYCODES" ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nancy P Dowd=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] pollen from which tree Jack Pine comment There are no large stands of Jack Pines in this area as far as I know. = White Pine sounds like the most likely source of the pollen. Thanks to = everyone who provided info.=20 Out of curiosity, are Jack Pines the ones often planted when = "reforesting" a cutover? There are a few of these solid, dense, = stick-straight stands along some back roads in E Dalhousie as well as = elsewhere I travel.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-06-14, at 2:21 PM, "Bob McDonald" <bobathome83@gmail.com> = wrote: The Halifax Field Naturalists went on a field trip to look for and = at trees in Dingle Park last evening - no rain but temperature more like = mid-April than mid-June!! Although there are not many Jack Pines in the = park we did come across a nice group of these on a side trail at a high = point in the Park. Despite the high humidity, it was neat to flick the = pale brown/yellow pre-cones and watch clouds of pollen become airborne. = Are there any appreciable stands of Jack Pines in your area and could = they be a contributor to the pollen you noted? Bob McDonald, Halifax ----- Original Message -----=20 From: nancy dowd=20 To: naturens=20 Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 6:41 AM Subject: [NatureNS] pollen from which tree Which species of tree is dispersing the pollen seen now on lakes = in the SW half of NS? Pine? This photo shows an area of sheltered shoreline on L Torment, E = Dalhousie, Kings Co where the wind has gathered the pollen into electric = green windrows. It is more thinly dispersed throughout the lake but = still easily visible from a boat as a green suspension just below the = surface. http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9041238876/ Nancy ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CE6925.CC9C12D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dauto bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Hi Nancy; Those are RED PINE. Don't ever go looking = for=20 wildflowers under them. The whole area is covered with dead needles and = is a=20 "Botanical Wasteland."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>"PSYCODES"</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dnancypdowd@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">Nancy P=20 Dowd</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 14, 2013 = 4:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] pollen = from which=20 tree Jack Pine comment</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>There are no large stands of Jack Pines in this area as far as I = know.=20 White Pine sounds like the most likely source of the pollen. Thanks to = everyone who provided info. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Out of curiosity, are Jack Pines the ones often planted when=20 "reforesting" a cutover? There are a few of these solid, dense, = stick-straight=20 stands along some back roads in E Dalhousie as well as elsewhere I=20 travel. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Nancy<BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV> <DIV><BR>On 2013-06-14, at 2:21 PM, "Bob McDonald" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:bobathome83@gmail.com">bobathome83@gmail.com</A>>=20 wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The Halifax Field Naturalists went = on a field=20 trip to look for and at trees in Dingle Park last evening - no rain = but=20 temperature more like mid-April than mid-June!! Although there = are not=20 many Jack Pines in the park we did come across a nice group of these = on a=20 side trail at a high point in the Park. Despite the high = humidity, it=20 was neat to flick the pale brown/yellow pre-cones and watch clouds = of pollen=20 become airborne. Are there any appreciable stands of Jack = Pines in=20 your area and could they be a contributor to the pollen you=20 noted?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bob McDonald,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dnancypdowd@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancy=20 dowd</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">nat