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TOPIC: Favorite Trees
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Date: Sun, Apr 13 2008 10:19 pm
From: "Edward Frank"


James, ENTS,

Back in 2003, one of our preeminent members Colby Rucker started a thread on Favorite Trees. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/species/sp_threads/favorite_trees.htm Since that time much has changed with some of us. Many of the newer ENTS members were no a part of the group when this earlier discussion took place. It is idea that we need to revisit.

ENTS - What are your favorite trees?

In my initial response I listed a number of tree species. The response was made on September 16, 2003, so my list is halfway down the page. I decided that my favorite trees were ones which I had a personal connection. To that end I listed a dozen species, with a rationale as to why I choose them, I encourage you to read the full text of what I wrote, and others wrote about their favorite trees. A tally of my listings without the explanations is included below. To this initial list I might now add Hawthorn, and Western Red Cedar.

Hemlock
Sassafras
Shagbark Hickory
Chestnut Oak
Green Gage Plum
Sugar Maple
Tulip Tree
White Pine
Yellow Birch
Black Gum
Mountain Laurel
Rhododendron
Chestnut
Cucumber Tree
Quaking Aspen

So What are your favorite trees and why?

Ed Frank

From: James Parton
To: ENTSTrees
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:57 AM
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Sycamore Flats_Pisgah National Forest NC

What is your favorite tree? Mine is the Hawthorn, and American
Chestnut. Live Oak ranks high on my list too. My favorite conifer is
the White Pine.

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TOPIC: Favorite Trees
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Date: Mon, Apr 14 2008 4:16 am
From: James Parton


Ed, ENTS,

If I listed a dozen favorites they would be..

Hawthorn
American Chestnut
Live Oak
White Pine
American Holly
Red Spruce
Frasier Fir
Hemlock
Eastern Red Cedar
Loblolly Pine
Tuliptree
Pitch Pine

1. Hawthorn is a tree of unusual beauty. It's trunk often has an
unusual twisted form, it's often sparce and twiggy and of course the
often long thorns gives it character. Also the tree is steeped in
Mythology. They often have beautiful flowers.
2. American Chestnut. A legendary tree! Pretty oblong serrated leaves
that turn a beautiful yellow-orange in the fall. It reminds me of
hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway with my sweetie, Joy looking for them.
3. Live Oak. They are just simply beautiful!
4. White Pine. I love ol' Pinus Strobus with it's beautiful tall form
and usually grayish bark. These pines are among my best of friends!
5. American Holly. A beautiful broadleaf evergreen. Steeped in
folklore and I have a good friend by the same name, Holly!
6. Red Spruce. It reminds me of the high boreal forests topping the
higher Appalachians.
7. Frasier Fir. Same as above but it also, like Holly reminds me of
Christmastime.
8. Hemlock, both Eastern and Carolina. Our eastern " Redwoods ".
Reminds me of that wonderful place " The Valley of the Giants "
Cataloochee.
9. Eastern Red Cedar. Memories of eastern Tennessee and Dad.
10. Loblolly Pine. Of Dad and SC.
11. Tuliptree. I cannot imagine our Southern Appalachians without
them.
12. Pitch Pine. I enjoy looking for big ones!

It is hard to make out a list of favorite trees when you love all of
them!


James Parton

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Date: Mon, Apr 14 2008 5:05 am
From: JamesRobertSmith


Balsam
Hemlock
Tulip poplar
Shagbark hickory
Sweetgum (not in my yard, though)
White pine
Bald cypress

Trees that I've seen in photos but never viewed and feel they would be
on my favorites list are:

Ponderosa pine
Douglas fir
Redwood

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Date: Wed, May 14 2008 9:26 pm
From: Gary Smith


ENTS,

I must have missed this thread, but a few of my favorite, larger trees
native to my region would be....

Bald cypress...."The Tree Unique, the Wood Eternal" to quote the
subtitle of the book "Cypress" by Clair Brown and Glenn Montz.
Capable of great age, a stand of primal, old growth cypress can really
lend an air of timelessness to a scene. The knees, some people dislike
them in their yards, to me, they are a wonderful feature to the
plant.

Longleaf pine....not only for the tree itself, but also the ecosystem
it represents. Love the long, fan-like needles and sparse branching.
You can get sunburned standing in the shade of a longleaf.

Liveoak....nothing needs to be said, but a great, old speciman
dripping with spanish moss can be truly awesome.

Willow oak....always like standing under a mature speciman and looking
up. Kind of a cathedral effect.

Southern magnolia....the Queen of the South.

American beech....a grove of mature beeches can be wonderful.

Some favorite smaller trees in my region would be....

Sourwood....great fall color, summertime "lilly of the valley"
flowering.

Bigleaf magnolia.....huge, tropical looking leaves, beautiful flower.

Paw paw.....again, great, tropical looking leaves.

Dogwood....probably on every Southerner's list of small trees.
Graceful, little tree.

American hornbeam, aka Ironwood. Love the muscled look of the trunk.

Two exotics that do well in my region and come quickly to mind are
Dawn redwood and Ginkgo.

Gary S.