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HI Jane & All,
Yes it is J. cinerea and it is known in NS only as a planted ornamental.
I know of only two (3?) trees in the area, all on the Kentville Research
Station lawn. There may of course be many other trees of which I am not
aware.
Floods may be one way of getting the seeds moved so that may account for
their fondness of river banks.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave&Jane Schlosberg" <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings
> Is this J. Cinerea? Are there lots of them in the Valley? I can't
> remember seeing any around Halifax. They supposedly like river banks.
> Jane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David & Alison Webster
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:24 PM
> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings
>
> Dear All, Oct 27, 2015
> Over the last 3-4 years I have been seeing Butternut seedlings in the
> yard; some new ones every year and most in the vicinity of a large Ash
> tree.
> I have yet to see any animal carrying the nuts so I continue to wonder
> what
> agent moves them. Some 6-8 children play in nearby yards and they might
> move
> them but I can't see this happening year after year. To judge from the
> droppings on the tiers of wood, and excavations at the base of an
> old-growth
> compost heap, our yard is Raccoon Central but surely a Raccoon would not
> try
> to eat a Butternut.
> One of the Western Woodpeckers (Acorn) has a slick way of eating the
> elongated Acorns of some western Oak species. It drills a hole in a tree
> just large enough to hold an Acorn, shoves one in the hole pointed end
> first
> and then eats the insides after pecking the proximal end away. More often
> they drill many holes in a tree and store Acorns for off season use.
> We have Hairy Woodpeckers in and out of that Ash tree many times per
> week (10-20 ?) so I am wondering if they sometimes use or try to use the
> sharp crotch of Ash branches to hold a Butternut so they can peel the husk
> away enough to open the nut.
> I tried eating Butternuts some decades ago and, drawing on memory, the
> husk is readily removed after leaf-fall and the meat is rich and good to
> eat
> without any treatment.
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>
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