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--Apple-Mail-7DB0317D-3437-4B5B-B06E-98DC03D11FA9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are no large stands of Jack Pines in this area as far as I know. White= Pine sounds like the most likely source of the pollen. Thanks to everyone w= ho provided info.=20 Out of curiosity, are Jack Pines the ones often planted when "reforesting" a= cutover? There are a few of these solid, dense, stick-straight stands along= some back roads in E Dalhousie as well as elsewhere I travel.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-06-14, at 2:21 PM, "Bob McDonald" <bobathome83@gmail.com> wrote: > The Halifax Field Naturalists went on a field trip to look for and at tree= s in Dingle Park last evening - no rain but temperature more like mid-April t= han mid-June!! Although there are not many Jack Pines in the park we did co= me across a nice group of these on a side trail at a high point in the Park.= Despite the high humidity, it was neat to flick the pale brown/yellow pre-= cones and watch clouds of pollen become airborne. Are there any appreciable= stands of Jack Pines in your area and could they be a contributor to the po= llen you noted? > =20 > Bob McDonald, > Halifax > =20 > =20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: nancy dowd > To: naturens > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 6:41 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] pollen from which tree >=20 > Which species of tree is dispersing the pollen seen now on lakes in the SW= half of NS? Pine? >=20 > This photo shows an area of sheltered shoreline on L Torment, E Dalhousie,= Kings Co where the wind has gathered the pollen into electric green windrow= s. It is more thinly dispersed throughout the lake but still easily visible f= rom a boat as a green suspension just below the surface. >=20 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9041238876/ >=20 > Nancy --Apple-Mail-7DB0317D-3437-4B5B-B06E-98DC03D11FA9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There are no large stands of Jack Pines in this area as far as I know. White Pine sounds like the most likely source of the pollen. Thanks to everyone who provided info. </div><div><br></div><div>Out of curiosity, are Jack Pines the ones often planted when "reforesting" a cutover? There are a few of these solid, dense, stick-straight stands along some back roads in E Dalhousie as well as elsewhere I travel. </div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-06-14, at 2:21 PM, "Bob McDonald" <bobathome83@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"> <style></style> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">The Halifax Field Naturalists went on a field trip to look for and at trees in Dingle Park last evening - no rain but temperature more like mid-April than mid-June!! Although there are not many Jack Pines in the park we did come across a nice group of these on a side trail at a high point in the Park. Despite the high humidity, it was neat to flick the pale brown/yellow pre-cones and watch clouds of pollen become airborne. Are there any appreciable stands of Jack Pines in your area and could they be a contributor to the pollen you noted?</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Bob McDonald,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Halifax</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="nancypdowd@gmail.com" href="mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancy dowd</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> naturens </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2013 6:41 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] pollen from which tree</div> <div><br></div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div>Which species of tree is dispersing the pollen seen now on lakes in the SW half of NS? Pine?<br><br></div>This photo shows an area of sheltered shoreline on L Torment, E Dalhousie, Kings Co where the wind has gathered the pollen into electric green windrows. It is more thinly dispersed throughout the lake but still easily visible from a boat as a green suspension just below the surface.<br><br>http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9041238876/<br><br></div>Nancy<br></div></blockquote> </div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-7DB0317D-3437-4B5B-B06E-98DC03D11FA9--
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