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| This wildlife corridor stretches for about a 1/4 mile and is 65' wide for most of its length. |
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| Quercus robur is an exotic here. It grows fast and it dies fast. |
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| Same tree, lower on the trunk. |
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| This is one of the few places where it is wider than 65 feet. This turned out nice. Red maple on the north, Swamp White Oak, Black Walnut in the middle. Northern Red Oak on the ridge. Chestnut on the slope behind me. A few apple trees, Norway Spruce and Black Locust thrown into the mix. Average tree diameter is about 8" at breast height. |
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| Northern Red Oak planted in 1994. |
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| None of these trees were here when we moved here in the early 1990s. |
Nice wolf you got there Joe.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice place to hunt pats too. --ken
ReplyDeletePats (Ruffed Grouse) are now a rarity down here.
DeletePats' primary winter food are the catkin buds on male aspen trees. In times gone by, aspen were common but are now mature and dying out as there is little disturbance that they require to seed.
It looks lovely ERJ. I look forward to seeing a picture in Summer.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThats some impressive growth on that oak in such a short time...
I am surprised Q robur fails like that there. I never heard of it being like that elsewhere. I hope it is not a sign of something like a pathogen. Q robur is a weed here.
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