davetree
Omono
That's different from the info I read. I had not looked at that chart, so the info I had was misleading. It stated that cannabis and celtis were not part of Ulmacae.
Collecting Northern Hackberry
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Gene Deci
Shohin
I just read through the last half dozen posts. I beleive its time to get my tree out and smoke some of it - just to clear my head.
davetree
Omono
I checked again and the article I read stated that Celtis had been removed from Ulmacae. The chart, which is correct, says differently. Damn biologists.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
If the article you read is in "high times," you might consider the source...
I can't make much heads or tails from the charts, can't imagine doing it stoned.
I can't make much heads or tails from the charts, can't imagine doing it stoned.gergwebber
Shohin
"Off Topic Post Starboard Side!! YAR!"
I guess since both australis and sinensis did not grow in my home zone, and occidentalis was an eastern tree, I did not really have Celtis on the radar at all. But here in Davis they are everywhere, and I was fortunate enough to have my first class here be Urban Forestry through the Environmental Horticulture program. For the last forty years, this hackberry has been the steward of the ENH department, standing in the central courtyard of the original department buildings. Anyway, I was instantly smitten, and planned to photograph it over the few years I get to spend here. Ironically, hackberries in the urban forest here are generally in decline, and this old beauty was cut down the same day we received a lecture from the campus Landscape Architect about the history of the campus tree-scape.
Celtis ? (they say sinensis, but a few profs. think it may be a mut (sinensis x australis)
man what a root flare!
I love this pic because you can almost see the tree climber's Aggies sweater!
also, there are thousands of these guys popping up everywhere and I will be digging several for sure. I have already scouted many areas, but today am jogging a drainage ditch on the north side of town. Apparently i'ts county ground, chuck full of everysort of volunteer trees, and the CDC crews cut to the ground and burn it all every two years!!!
I guess since both australis and sinensis did not grow in my home zone, and occidentalis was an eastern tree, I did not really have Celtis on the radar at all. But here in Davis they are everywhere, and I was fortunate enough to have my first class here be Urban Forestry through the Environmental Horticulture program. For the last forty years, this hackberry has been the steward of the ENH department, standing in the central courtyard of the original department buildings. Anyway, I was instantly smitten, and planned to photograph it over the few years I get to spend here. Ironically, hackberries in the urban forest here are generally in decline, and this old beauty was cut down the same day we received a lecture from the campus Landscape Architect about the history of the campus tree-scape.
Celtis ? (they say sinensis, but a few profs. think it may be a mut (sinensis x australis)
man what a root flare!
I love this pic because you can almost see the tree climber's Aggies sweater!
also, there are thousands of these guys popping up everywhere and I will be digging several for sure. I have already scouted many areas, but today am jogging a drainage ditch on the north side of town. Apparently i'ts county ground, chuck full of everysort of volunteer trees, and the CDC crews cut to the ground and burn it all every two years!!!
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
I know Southern Hackberries -- Celtis laevigata -- spew seeds like mad. My brother's lawn in Rowlette, TX yard is full of the damn seedlings every spring. My sister in law sent me a few seedlings a few years back thinking they were cedar elm.
I planted one of them in my backyard and it grows like a weed. I've been chopping it back almost to the ground for years, but it persists. Most of the fine twigging on the branches is killed off in the winter, but I may have to dig the thing up and make a bonsai from it soon.
I planted one of them in my backyard and it grows like a weed. I've been chopping it back almost to the ground for years, but it persists. Most of the fine twigging on the branches is killed off in the winter, but I may have to dig the thing up and make a bonsai from it soon.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
WHY???? Was it dead?!!!
davetree
Omono
My source was a forestry article for the area I was scouting ! Damn forest rangers !
gergwebber
Shohin
Not Dead yet, but the horticulture professors were surprisingly quick to condemn it. I guess they like to do their science when they get the chance. Look at pic two and you can see the trunk leaning. Well that was standing straight up in october. Photos were ~ december, end of november. I have another pic of the stump and you can see fungi running through the heartwood at the crown. One teacher had id'ed the fungus and it is apparently its bad news for trees.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
You really hate to see old tree like this taken down, but in areas with people, they can become dangerous. Big old trees can cause big old messes
