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I took some time to "paw" about in squirrel-like fashion in a
beech-dominated stand a week or so ago in Kejimkujik. All of the nuts
had fallen. There were small, angular beech nuts all over the ground,
now a little more challenging to find in the leaf litter, but they are
there in high numbers. The beech have clearly over-whelmed the birds
and mammals with plenty of seed left over to make seedlings if
conditions are right. While search for beech nuts, I also noted a
bountiful supply of papery sacs on the ground from ironwood. The trees
were interspersed among the beech in the stand I visited. I think we
often overlook it, but this fall, they stood out somewhat with their
clusters of papery sacs. There were also lots of maple seed on the
ground. I was struck by how valuable this mature hardwood stand, with
its diversity of species, must be to wildlife. It's a bumper crop this
year.
I recommend taking some time to explore the litter layer under mature
hardwoods right now. The mouse population should explode.
While I was there, I think I saw a chubby squirrel run by carrying a gym
bag...
Donna
On 2017-11-09 8:32 AM, Nick Hill wrote:
> A tree with real character, Nancy. Axe handles. Distinctive fibrous
> bark and those hop like clusters of seeds encased in green envelopes.
> It is frequent on the south face of the North Mountain in Kings
> especially around that upper escarpment where it's so windy and
> there's erosion. It seems also frequent around small streams and in
> vernal pools in that area and I wonder whether it is dispersed after
> it hits ground by flotation. T & D Nursery in New Ross is starting to
> grow it and Debbie said it took a few years to germinate. The seeds
> have a double dormancy as do number of plants we call "Alleghanian".
> The seed needs a warm stratification (2mo in moist condition indoors
> and dark) followed by cold stratification so in nature the seeds will
> remain in the soil until they have received those treatments in warm
> to cold order.
>
> Very cool!
>
> Nick
>
> On Nov 7, 2017 6:29 PM, "NancyDowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com
> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> This is the first time I have ever come across an Ironwood/Hop
> Hornbeam tree (Ostrya virginians) in this area- the southernmost
> part of Kings Co. I see the Flora of NS lists it as being
> scattered throughout from Annapolis Co. to Cape Breton. Here is a
> poor pic of the seed cluster:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/38219092242/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/38219092242/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> Just posting it in case anyone keeps track of the ranges of tree
> species in NS.
>
> Nancy
> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
>
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<p>I took some time to "paw" about in squirrel-like fashion in a
beech-dominated stand a week or so ago in Kejimkujik. All of the
nuts had fallen. There were small, angular beech nuts all over
the ground, now a little more challenging to find in the leaf
litter, but they are there in high numbers. The beech have
clearly over-whelmed the birds and mammals with plenty of seed
left over to make seedlings if conditions are right. While search
for beech nuts, I also noted a bountiful supply of papery sacs on
the ground from ironwood. The trees were interspersed among the
beech in the stand I visited. I think we often overlook it, but
this fall, they stood out somewhat with their clusters of papery
sacs. There were also lots of maple seed on the ground. I was
struck by how valuable this mature hardwood stand, with its
diversity of species, must be to wildlife. It's a bumper crop
this year.<br>
</p>
<p>I recommend taking some time to explore the litter layer under
mature hardwoods right now. The mouse population should explode.<br>
</p>
<p>While I was there, I think I saw a chubby squirrel run by
carrying a gym bag...</p>
<p>Donna<br>
</p>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-11-09 8:32 AM, Nick Hill wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAOK1_GaLW10MUM2syOU+w2fsDu41SUH9ebErcfzQsHVrZHuMJw@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="auto">A tree with real character, Nancy. Axe handles.
Distinctive fibrous bark and those hop like clusters of seeds
encased in green envelopes. It is frequent on the south face of
the North Mountain in Kings especially around that upper
escarpment where it's so windy and there's erosion. It seems
also frequent around small streams and in vernal pools in that
area and I wonder whether it is dispersed after it hits ground
by flotation. T & D Nursery in New Ross is starting to grow
it and Debbie said it took a few years to germinate. The seeds
have a double dormancy as do number of plants we call
"Alleghanian". The seed needs a warm stratification (2mo in
moist condition indoors and dark) followed by cold
stratification so in nature the seeds will remain in the soil
until they have received those treatments in warm to cold order.
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Very cool!</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Nick</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 7, 2017 6:29 PM, "NancyDowd"
<<a href="mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br
type="attribution">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is
the first time I have ever come across an Ironwood/Hop
Hornbeam tree (Ostrya virginians) in this area- the
southernmost part of Kings Co. I see the Flora of NS lists
it as being scattered througho