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winter snowfall continues across the watershed. Read on to learn more about
wintertime identification of chestnut oak, how to spot the putty root orchid,
and the proper way to prune your trees.
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‘Tis the Season (For Pruning Your Trees)!
Wintertime is the ideal time of year to pruning and there are specific tools
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What's Poppin? Phenological Fun!
The leaves of the putty root orchid can be found peeking out of the leaves this
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Tree Talk: Chestnut Oak
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This Tree Talk highlights Quercus montana, chestnut oak. It is a wonderful
species that plays an important role in the canopy of ridgetop forests, where
most other species cannot thrive in the thin, rocky soils. Chestnut oak is
relished by wildlife and foresters alike, but like many other oaks, chestnut
oak regeneration is scarce in forests that have been managed poorly and/or have
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December Trivia Reveal (pictured on the left)
Princess Tree, Paulownia tomentosa, is an invasive species that was brought to
Europe from East Asia in the 1830s by the Dutch East India Company and soon
after was brought to North America. Historically, the wood was highly valued in
Japan where it was used to make wooden chests and other wooden articles.
Princess tree grows extremely quickly and has prolific seed production, making
it a highly problematic invasive plant in the Chesapeake region. Each seed pod,
like the featured photo, can contain up to 2000 seeds; in fact, one tree is
capable of producing 20 million seeds a season! Similarly to another
problematic invasive tree, tree-of-heaven, princess tree can spread via root
sprouts; improperly cutting one down without herbicide application can lead to
an eruption of many more trees growing back from the roots. This tree can start
seed production within 8-10 years and generally lives to be about 70 years old.
The most common species that princess tree can be confused with here is our
native catalpa, Catalpa speciosa. These two trees can be distinguished by
looking at the leaf placement around the stem; catalpa has a whorled leaf
structure while princess tree’s leaves are opposite. Princess tree also has a
hollow or chambered pith inside of the twigs while the catalpa’s is solid.
[Congrats to Forest for the Bay member B. Bodt for the correct answer!]
NEW January Trivia (pictured on the right)
For this month's forest trivia, can you provide the term for the brown stalks
growing in this patch of moss found on the forest floor in southeastern
Pennsylvania?
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Moldable Wood: Endless
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