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Trees
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A brief study of tree types
It may seem strange to
have a web page
dedicated to trees. Trees have always struck me as a majestic creation.
As much as I love trees and enjoy them I have always had trouble
identifying them. I felt dedicating this page to that study will help
over come that limitation at least for common tree types.
| Common Apple - Malus sylvestris | |
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| The
Common Apple tree originated in the Old World, probably in western
Asia. After having been carried westward into Europe during ancient
times it was brought to North America before 1800. Since then, orchard workers have planted this tree in southern Canada and the United States. Today, it grows wild in the eastern U.S., the Pacific states, and in southern Canada. This is the apple tree that Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, carried as seeds to people from Pennsylvania through Ohio to Illinois during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The bark of the Common Apple is gray, broken and scaly. The tree grows well in moist soils, and in its area it can be found growing wild in rural and sub-rural areas where people have lived. Fruit tree growers have developed many varieties and hybrids of the Common Apple tree. People use the edible and popular fruit of this tree in many ways. Many kinds of wildlife feed on the fruit. Deer sometimes browse the trees during the winter and Ruffed Grouse often eat the buds. |
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| Baldcypress - Taxodium distichum | |
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......................................................................................... Bark Leaves Knees Fruit |
| At
95 feet in height, the tallest Baldcypress known in Ohio is in Spring
Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, in Hamilton County. This tree and the
Tamarack shed all of their leaves in the fall, the only native conifers
to do so. The Baldcypress typically is associated with water and swamps, growing in very wet or even submerged soils. Nevertheless, it grows very well on well-drained upland sites. The natural range of the Baldcypress today extends along the coastal plain from Delaware southward to Florida, and westward to southeastern Texas. Also it grows northward in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. It is not native to Ohio, but this tree has been used in state forests, in arboretum plantings, and as ornamentals. In its natural range the Baldcypress is an important timber tree. Its wood is very durable and is used for heavy construction where wood is required that is resistant to decay. |
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