Maryland

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail - NPS photo

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Field Trips

spruce tree pics--sent using another method Larry and maybe other interested parties at ENTS: I am not sure if I have a glitch in my Adobe program that caused it to reject these photos for the "save for the web' function. But, anyway, I found a way around that--they were, in fact, taken properly. Anyway, the first pic is a red spruce planted many years ago in a... more » Mar 10, 2010.
Gaines McMartin Fwd: 4 more pics of my timberland ENTS: I tried to link up my last e-mail with pics to the first by copying the subject line--well, Google seperated them anyway, so I will abandon that effort. Anyway, here are four more pics. Two of the main road into my timberland--again it follows the old tram road route, but it has been significantly "upgraded" (depending on one's point of view!... more » Mar 1, 2010.
Gaines McMartin 4 pics of my timberland--beaver ponds/meadows, fall ENTS: Since I have posted a little "essay" on forest aesthetics and talked about my own timberland as an example, a few more pics might help clarify what I am talking about. I will send 4 more after this batch. The one looking up a double-trunked black cherry is not one of my better trees. there are much larger nice ones, including... more » Mar 1, 2010.
Gaines McMartin An informal "essay" on forest aesthetics--a different perspective? ENTS: Some thoughts about forest aesthetics and how to develop objective criteria and develop a ranking: Yes, as I said in my initial, and overly broad comment on aesthetics last weekend, this kind of thing can be “troublesomly” subjective. But I agree there is some value, both in directing... more » Mar 1, 2010.
Relics and Survivors I located this website through published author Joan Maloof (Teaching the Trees Lessons from the Forest). To add to your initiative I wanted to mention a Sycamore located on the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore City which sits above the original School of Medicine Building. The tree must stand one hundred feet tall and has an enormous canopy.. I tried to take a picture using a disposable camera and could not get far enough away in the city landscape to encompass the entire tree. I have not been there for 10 years and hope the tree is still living. I am reasonably confident that the tree must near 200 years in age. It stands alone above the building.... more » Jan 31, 2010.
Belt Woods Natural Area, Prince Georges County, Maryland A recent trip to Maryland afforded me the opportunity to visit the famous Belt Woods Natural Area in Prince Georges County, Maryland. The site has a long history of conservation and stewardship that was incredibly well described by the late Colby Rucker. I will not even attempt to add to his... more » Will Blozan, Jan 24, 2010.
Travilah Oak, Montgomery County, MD ENTS, Last week on a family trip up north I visited a large oak near where I grew up. This gorgeous white oak, named the "Travilah Oak", was last measured by ENTS in 1997. Not much has changed in the dimensions, and this tree maintains one of the most symmetrical crowns I have ever seen. I measured... more » Will Blozan, Jan 23, 2010.
Catoctin Mountain Park, MD December 26, 2009
Pokomoke River State Forest, Maryland Oct. 18, 2009
Bacon Ridge Conservation Area, Maryland April 19, 2009
Belt Woods Forest Structure Feb 2004
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation Feb 2005
Chapman's Landing Feb 2005
Chase Creek Woods Tall Trees July 2003
Corcoran Woods Report Feb 2004
Downs Memorial Park June 2007
Eastern Shore Dec 2005
John Downs Memorial Park Aug 2006
Patapsco State Park May 2006
Patapsco State Park April 2007
Patapsco State Park - Northern End June 2007
Seneca Creek Feb 2005
Swallow Falls State Park (Allegheny Plateau) Oct 2005
Urban relicts and Survivors Sept 2007
Hunting Wilmer Stone's Oak July 2006

Wye Oak http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/images1/wye.html
Wye Oak (fallen) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chesapeake/wye_oak_tree/wye_oak.html
Oldest Oaks and Wye Oak Sept 2005
Big Maryland Oaks Feb 2005
Maryland's Tallest Native Tree Species May 2003
Maryland's Tallest Tulip Trees Nov 2002
Taking Down an Old Tulip w/gallery

Forests of the Central Appalachians Project http://asecular.com/forests/
Wye Oak http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/oak_stories.html Wye Oak stood 104 feet tall with a circumference of 36 feet

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