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Field Trips

A "Weeping" Elm #2
A "Weeping" Elm Here is a photo of a very wonderfully shaped American elm at the Bement-Billings Farmstead in Newark Valley, NY. We have had dozens of elm trees grow and die along the creek, but this one has maintained its resistance to Dutch elm disease. We had New York State's largest elm for about two years. Shortly after it was placed on the big tree... more » Mar 12, 2010.
Syracuse Baldcypress ENTS, I believe that the baldcypress grove referred to by Joe Zorzin is in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. I remember seeing it years ago. Tom Howard Mar 9, 2010.
North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove ENTS, Yesterday Robert Henry and I visited the North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove. It was a beautiful sunny day with still lots of snow on the ground. The old oaks were an awesome sight with their gnarled crowns reaching high into the crystal clear blue sky. Despite many visits to this grove, we are both as awestruck by it as if we were visiting it the first time. This grove has more old trees close together than any other old growth forest we've ever seen in the East, even more than in Zoar Valley. The oaks of the Cemetery Grove are older than the oaks of the nearby Wizard of Oz Oak Grove, have more stag-headed crowns, more gnarl factor, more crown reiterations than the Wizard of Oz Oak Grove oaks.... more » Mar 7, 2010
North Syracuse Woods 2 ENTS, Here is more about the North Syracuse Woods of my childhood. The dominant trees were Red Maple and Black Gum (outside of North Syracuse a rare tree in central NY but in the brushy second growth areas of the woods it was everywhere) with Quaking Aspen dominating in groves that we called "Poplar Groves" - these groves were the most important features of the landscape. The terrain was flat except for hills that were made when a long drainage ditch was dug in the far part of the woods; we called this ditch the "Krik" and it represented the wild back of beyond to me as a child; it was a jungle-like area with trees a little larger than in most of the rest of the woods.Beyond the Krik was a "wilderness" that extended to a farmer's field - it was in this area where the giant Black Willow was. This whole landscape has vanished to be replaced by an industrial park and houses.... more » Mar 5, 2010.
North Syracuse Woods ENTS, Like James Parton I had a magical woods to explore in childhood; the woods was right behind the house where I grew up on the east side of North Syracuse. It covered almost 90 acres and was basically an abandoned farm and apple orchard with open fields, groves of Quaking Aspen and Red Maple, and a few isolated groves of Sassafras. It was here that I learned how to identify trees, but even more, it was a fabulous place to explore, to have magical childhood adventures in, to pretend I was living through many early periods of history, to search for hidden treasure, to imagine that trees could talk to me. This was all many years ago and what's left of the woods has been turned into housing developments and an industrial park, and the less than 30 acres left is mostly young second growth forest.... more » Mar 4, 2010.
NYC Parks exhibit ENTS, Just found out there is an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York on the parks and wilderness of NYC! There hasn't been an exhibit like this here since the 1930s. I'm going to check it out today. Definitely a positive sign that city dwellers are appreciating what scraps of nature we have here in the city.... more » Feb 19, 2010.
NY in the Fall links to a few pics that I've uploaded (insanley huge backlog): all taken in Harriman State Park (located just barely north of the NJ border), the park has a couple of heavily developed areas and a number of paved roads but also many unfragmented chunks, multi-thousand acre in size White Pines along the edge of one of the many, many lakes in the park:... more » Feb 7, 2010.
cold hike in the Catskills Took a quick trip up to the southern Catskills on Saturday for a verrrrrrrry cold hike. Here's a link to a video of images - has the very original title "Cold" as that is my chief memory along with the beautiful forms made by the ice and swirling water of a brook. [link] Jenny... more » Feb 1, 2010.
Central Park Wildlife January 5, 2010
North Syracuse Update January 2, 2010
Central Park under snow Vidoe January 2, 2010
Central Park in the Snow Video Dec 20, 2009
Wizard of Oz Oak Grove December 16, 2009
Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Tree Collage December 16, 2009
North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove Summary December 12, 2009
North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove Photo December 12, 2009
Onondaga County Old Growth pictures December 12, 2009
North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove photo December 12, 2009
Green Lakes SP, NY black maples December 8, 2009
North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove Heights December 6, 2009
My Adirondack experiences December 6, 2009
Wizard of Oz Oak Grove Height Update December 5, 2009
NY Botanical Garden - music video visit December 1, 2009
Elders Grove - Old Growth White Pines, Adirondacks December 1, 2009
Inwood Hill Park, Manhatten, NYC, NY Nov. 30, 2009
Liverpool Maple Grove and North Syracuse Trees Nov. 30, 2009
Central Park 11/27/09 Nov 28, 2009
Beaver Lake Nature Center Nov. 24, 2009
Beaver Lake Nature Center, NY Nov. 23, 2009
Tallest Trees in NY Girth Nov. 22, 2009
NYC - needs ENTS Nov. 22, 2009
North Syracuse Oak Grove Heights Nov. 21, 2009
Giant Ledge Nov. 17, 2009
Tallest Trees New York State Nov. 17, 2009
Wizard of Oz Oak Grove Heights Nov. 15, 2009
Catskills- back to Marc Oct. 27, 2009
The Catskills Team Oct. 26, 2009
Kaaterskill High Peak, Catskills - More Mountain Magic Oct. 26, 2009
Plateau Mountain Magic Catskills - Oct. 25, 2009
Twisted yellow birch Catskills - Oct. 25, 2009
Even more Plateau Oct. 25, 2009
Catskills Oct. 25, 2009
More Catskills Oct. 25, 2009
Plateau Mtn, Catskills Oct. 25, 2009
Will this tree survive the woodpeckers? Oct. 21, 2009
The Exciting World of Tree Barks! NYC Video - December 22, 2009
"Tree Museum" in the Bronx August 30, 2009
Central Park Storm Damage, NYC - August 19, 2009
Giant Ledge Catskills NY August 14, 2009
Adirondack Fall Foliage 1981 August 6, 2009
Adirondacks Old Growth Hike Video Clips July 31, 2009
Storm Knocks Down Trees in Central Park, NYC http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/storm-topples-scores-of-trees-in-central-park/?emc=eta1
East Village Pears http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/07/east-village-pears.html July 29, 2009
Catskill Weekend NY July 26, 2009
Adirondack sites July 17, 2009
Catskills, NY July 14, 2009
Kennedy Park Woods, North Syracuse, NY July 2009
Wizard of Oz Oak Grove, NY Rucker Girth Index and Ages July 4, 2009
Ha-de-ron-dah Wilderness, Adirondacks, NY July 1, 2009
Liverpool Maple Grove Basswood ages, NY June 28, 2009
Green Lake SP Age Data, NY June 27, 2009
Brewerton oak grove, Onondaga County, NY June 27, 2009
Clark Reservation State Park, NY June 21, 2009
Central New York Sites June 14, 2009
Washington Square Park, NYC May 24, 2009
Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan, NY May 12, 2009
49 inch Girth Black Cherry, Orchard Park, NY. May 04, 2009
Onondaga County Old Growth, NY March 19. 2009
New York Botanical Garden/Bronx Forest Trees March 1, 2009
Early succession in the dead Hemlock Grove, NYBG, NY April 08, 2009
Brooklyn Osage Orange http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/06146bb643e57588?hl=en April 20, 2009
Whats the Story? (Mulberry) http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/ea4143c22941d634?hl=en April 18, 2009
Bald Cypress in Central park, NYC http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/24b17772e4056194?hl=en April 14, 2009

Olean Times Herald: No commercial timber cutting in Allegany State Park" by Kirk Johnson April 5, 2009 http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/fa36a051aded7167?hl=en

Hemlock view 1906/2009 NYBG http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/bc9093c19ac72da9?hl=en March 26, 2009
Champion Big Trees at NYBG? http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/626dcbe865351ea4?hl=en March 25, 2009
Onondaga County Old Growth, NY March 19, 2009
Manhattan Tree Killer http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/482ff3c10b868980?hl=en March 16 2009
HWA in Finger Lakes District http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/8f92e0a08fbbc90a?hl=en March 12m 2009
Letchworth SP east side; Bizarre White Pine March 7, 2009
Sugar maple NY botanical. http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/c03adc74d9b52b46?hl=en March 1, 2009
Early succession in the dead Hemlock Grove, NYBG, NY April 08, 2009
Letchworth State Park January 28 2009
Oneida Tree http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/e9bc008bbbba97c9?hl=en Jan 2009
Powder Mills Park, NY January 25, 2009
Tuliptree being Taken Down at Vasser Jan 2009

Adirondacks High July 2007
Adirondack High Peaks August 2008
Adirondacks Oct 2006
Adirondacks Oct 2003
Adirondack High, NY Aug 2006
Adirondacks - PBS Program May 2008
Balsam Mountain, Catskills, NY Oct 2006
Bedford and North Salem Big Trees Sept/Oct 2007
Beech-Hemlock Forest May 2005
Bement-Billings Farmstead July 2003
Black Birches (60 miles north of NYC) Oct 2007
Bowdoin Park May 2005
Buffalo - big Sycamore March 2008
Camillus, NY Sept 2003, Oct 2003
The Catskills Sept 2004
Catskills and the Adelgid June 2007
Cicero Swamp Wildlife Management Area July 2008
Curtis-Gale Forest Nov 2002

Elder's Grove, Paul Smith's Nov 2006
Finger Lakes National Forest Nov 2006
Green Lake State Park May 2002
Hillside Woods April 2008
Historic Hudson Areas July 2003
IBM Glen May 2003
Inland Pine Barrens near Albany April 2008
Kaaterskill Falls, Catskills Nov 2004
Kaaterskill Falls May 2006
Lake Champlain high! Aug 2007
Letchworth State Park Feb 2007
Minnewaska State Park May 2002
Newark Valley Champion Trees July 2005
New York Old Growth Report Nov 2002
New York City - Two New York Giants - New York Times Company 2000
North Salem and Bedford, NY Sept/Oct 2007
Old Maid's Woods Oct 2007
Onondaga County NY Old Growth Nov 2008

Pack Forest Aug 2007
Palmaghatt Ravine Jan 2003, Nov 2003
Paul Smith College/ High Falls Gorge Oct 2005
Pine Orchard, Wells June 2006
Pine Orchard Adirondacks Feb 2007
Pine Plains Sycamore Oct 2001 Jost
Pine Plains Sycamore Nov 2005
Pine Plains Sycamore Modeling May 2006
Poet's Walk on Hudson River, Red Hook May 2006
RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary July 2003
Schoharie Valley March 2005
Schroon Lake old white pine May 2006
Smith Woods - David Katz Oct 2006
Southeastern New York ENTS Team Nov 2004
St. Lawrence County Dec 2004
St. Lawrence County - Bradley Burns Gallery Nov 2004
Sycamore in Buffalo June 2008

Vanderbilt Estate Dec 2004
Wanakena Pine Nov 2007
Waverley Oaks Aug 2005
Welwyn Preserve, Long Island Dec 2004
Western New York and Southern Ontario Rambles Sept 2006
Witches Hole May 2002
World of Life Island White Pine May 2006
Yates Park: Orchard Park, NY March 2003
Zoar Valley Photos Diggins
Zoar Valley June, Nov 2002
Zoar Valley June, July, Aug, Oct, Nov 2003, May 2004
Zoar Valley 2005 May 2005

Bruce Kershner Heritage Tree Preservation and Protection Act Nov 2008
Legislation to Protect Zoar Valley June 2007
Chronicles of western trip of Monica and Bob Leverett, July 2006
Big Tree Potential Sept 2004

NYSDEC - NY Natural Heritage Program - Ecological Communities Information New York has community descriptions available at
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/heritage/ecology.htm that
should also be applicable to some of western PA.
New York Natural Heritage Program: Animal, Plant, and Community Guides http://www.acris.nynhp.org/
Zoar Valley Paddling Club/Friends of the Ancient Forest http://www.zoarvalley.com/conserv.htm

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