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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-2-691230668 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I thank you folks, for this topic and ID! I came across this tree in = Victoria Park, in Truro, and was puzzled about its identity (leaves like = a white ash but the cluster of green fruit created the puzzle). Today, = you have removed the mystery. Thanks My wife and I were involved in a workshop session at the park Aug 27, = and were attracted to the very nice patch of solar, pin-hole images = under the tree (produced by the sun shining through the leaves spaces) = located near the brook of the first bridge, not far from the entrance, = main parking area. I can share the photo I took at this link. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xgl77bxoedbhp5x/_h5zLBgNE6 Sherman W. On Oct 25, 2013, at 1:29 PM, plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Hi Burkhard, =20 >=20 > I was very puzzled too, the first time I saw one of these in the = south end of Halifax (Waegwoltic Avenue). It is Phellodendron amurense, = aka Amur cork tree. (I tried to turn it into a viburnum sp.) The City = of Halifax has been planting quite a variety of unusual trees, I find, = since Hurricane Juan wiped out so many of our mature hardwoods. Some of = the new choices I really appreciate, but I'd like to know more about = others; this one is reputedly invasive. >=20 > When John Charles from HRM speaks to the Halifax Field Naturalists = about the Urban Forest Master Plan at our November meeting, we should = ask him about these. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax >=20 >=20 >=20 > ---- Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote:=20 >> Hello, >>=20 >> I came across a tree, planted on North Street in Halifax, >> a small tree just south of the Catholic Church >> near 6351-6399 North St. >> (tree without leafs visible on Google Street View). >>=20 >> Composite leafs, opposite, with berry-like fruits, >> some 5 mm across, five seeds. >> Photos of a branch at the link below. >> For scale, the floor boards are 4.5 cm wide. >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gmy5aqa4rg3vdjd/pRT8ILBs38 >>=20 >> Curious, >> Burkhard >=20 --Apple-Mail-2-691230668 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I = thank you folks, for this topic and ID! I came across this tree in = Victoria Park, in Truro, and was puzzled about its identity (leaves like = a white ash but the cluster of green fruit created the puzzle). Today, = you have removed the mystery. Thanks<div><br></div><div>My wife and I = were involved in a workshop session at the park Aug 27, and were = attracted to the very nice patch of solar, pin-hole images under the = tree (produced by the sun shining through the leaves spaces) located = near the brook of the first bridge, not far from the entrance, main = parking area. I can share the photo I took at this = link.</div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xgl77bxoedbhp5x/_h5zLBgNE6">https://www= .dropbox.com/sh/xgl77bxoedbhp5x/_h5zLBgNE6</a><br><div><br><div><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: = 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; ">Sherman W.</div></div></span></div></div> <br><div><div>On Oct 25, 2013, at 1:29 PM, <a = href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca</a> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>Hi Burkhard, <br><br>I was very = puzzled too, the first time I saw one of these in the south end of = Halifax (Waegwoltic Avenue). It is Phellodendron amurense, aka = Amur cork tree. (I tried to turn it into a viburnum sp.) = The City of Halifax has been planting quite a variety of = unusual trees, I find, since Hurricane Juan wiped out so many of our = mature hardwoods. Some of the new choices I really appreciate, but = I'd like to know more about others; this one is reputedly = invasive.<br><br>When John Charles from HRM speaks to the Halifax Field = Naturalists about the Urban Forest Master Plan at our November meeting, = we should ask him about these.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Patricia L. = Chalmers<br>Halifax<br><br><br><br>---- Burkhard Plache <<a = href=3D"mailto:burkhardplache@gmail.com">burkhardplache@gmail.com</a>> = wrote: <br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hello,<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">I came across a = tree, planted on North Street in Halifax,<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite">a small tree just south of the Catholic = Church<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">near 6351-6399 North = St.<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">(tree without leafs = visible on Google Street View).<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">Composite = leafs, opposite, with berry-like fruits,<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite">some 5 mm across, five seeds.<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite">Photos of a branch at the link = below.<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">For scale, the floor = boards are 4.5 cm wide.<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><a = href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gmy5aqa4rg3vdjd/pRT8ILBs38">https://www= .dropbox.com/sh/gmy5aqa4rg3vdjd/pRT8ILBs38</a><br></blockquote><blockquote= type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite">Curious,<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite">Burkhard<br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></= div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2-691230668--
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