Hungry Jack
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Post by Hungry Jack on Apr 5, 2017 7:18:22 GMT -8
Over 60,000 species of them, to be more precise. Brazil has over 8,700 unique species. Even the North American subarctic area has 1,400. Remember when Reagan said trees were bad? LOL. I love trees. Some of my favorites are the gingko biloba, white birch (have a very large one in our back yard), and pretty much any large oak species. |
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 5, 2017 7:33:21 GMT -8
I love trees. I've climbed them, built forts in them as a kid, ridden one in a wind storm, hid at the top from players in a game of capture the flag, smelled them after a fresh rain storm and dead or nearly trees have kept me warm at night.
This topic is timely as I just purchased a book about trees.
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foxalo
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Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent.---Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Post by foxalo on Apr 5, 2017 8:03:50 GMT -8
I love trees. Every time we moved, trees were required when buying a house. I was heartbroken in Iowa when the house were bought was on redeveloped farmland. We had no trees. We planted some, but it wasn't the same. Now we have trees, but several have been taken down for various reasons. It always hurts to see it happen, and it depresses me.
I don't think I know a ton about trees, but I think I know more than the average person. My mom made sure we knew the different types of trees in our area when I was growing up. I still try to learn about the trees in every area I have lived.
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Post by autumnmist on Apr 5, 2017 8:13:28 GMT -8
Gingko leaves are beautiful; they're an example of Nature's art, as are trees whether fully leafed out or bare after the fall winds relocate leaves to provide cover for plants and the ground during the forthcoming cold weather. Trees provide cooling, homes for wildlife, and beauty. Evergreens are special favorites of mine, as well as a variety of red maple that produces deep red leaves which turn to a leathery burgundy in fall.
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Post by smiley on Apr 5, 2017 8:21:38 GMT -8
I am from wi. when I go on an extended stay out west I miss our trees we have so many colors in the fall.
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foxalo
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Post by foxalo on Apr 5, 2017 8:56:40 GMT -8
autumnmist Ginkgo tress rally do have neat leaves. I love the flowers of tulip poplars. Oaks are my favorite simply because there are so many. It's neat going to other areas of the country and seeing different types of oaks and their acorns. I got some odd looks from people when we moved to Arkansas, and I saw an oak I never saw before. I had to go home and look it up since nobody there could tell me what kind of oak it was. And maples definitely produce the best fall color. 
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Post by Hungry Jack on Apr 5, 2017 9:39:28 GMT -8
I have been pretty active here in Chicago replacing street trees that had died. Usually the City takes care of it, but in recent years federal money has not been available, so I used my landscape connections to entice property owners to replace parkway trees in front of their properties (technically, parkway trees are City property). We did 9 trees in two years. The property owners paid $300 per tree, installed, which is a great deal for a landscape quality 3-4" caliper tree. Normally close to $1,000, depending on the species.
There is a new cultivar of American elm that is disease resistant. We got 4 of them. One of them is in front of the adjoining property. It was about 10' when it went in 4 years ago, now it is over 20! It has grown as fast as any tree as I have ever seen. Starting to offer pretty good shade. Beautiful specimen.
I had another spot across the street that once had a maple--long since gone (they do not do so well in the hot city). A landscaper would not touch it because of a nearby gas line. When I got a huge pile of mulch from the Forest Preserve 5 years ago, a volunteer tree appeared. I let it grow to about 5' tall and then moved last summer. It is some type of crab apple, assumedly native, and I hope it does well. We'll see.
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