tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91548373133031583432024-03-18T13:31:33.733-04:00Meet A TreeHave you ever wondered about the trees around you? What are their names? What makes them each unique? What resources do they provide? How do they benefit our lives?
Arundel Tree Service's Meet A Tree blog was created to help you "Meet A Tree", learn about how every tree is as unique and individual as you and I!Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.comBlogger1497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-19505227652717458682024-03-18T13:31:00.002-04:002024-03-18T13:31:00.143-04:00Golden Dewdrops - Duranta erecta<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Golden Dewdrops - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Duranta erecta</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">, are most easily identified by their brilliant sky blue colored flowers and bright yellow fruit. They originated in the West Indies but have been naturalized from South Florida to East/Central Texas. In the United States they are found primarily on disturbed sites, pine lands, and hammocks from 0-100 m. An evergreen shrub, occasional vine or rarely a small tree they reach heights of only 20 feet.</span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR8yZn1sjd8aNjjS_8L8Rwk_WTZ3z8nmHD8p419HUfYYRQ42uB2C1VlKW9rP1I3ddNPLydjZ1D9L5apOy1wK3jh5eqogia_RQGIYfRCcjyMDv66pwyHD5jhS5uU7oATZyQHYHkQRCpxU/s1600/Golden+Dewdrops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR8yZn1sjd8aNjjS_8L8Rwk_WTZ3z8nmHD8p419HUfYYRQ42uB2C1VlKW9rP1I3ddNPLydjZ1D9L5apOy1wK3jh5eqogia_RQGIYfRCcjyMDv66pwyHD5jhS5uU7oATZyQHYHkQRCpxU/s320/Golden+Dewdrops.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The unique sky blue flowers are about 1cm in diameter, with 5 petals each, borne in an elongated raceme ranging in size from 5-15 cm long. The flowers occur year round. The fruit is a round yellow drupe that matures year round an averages about 1.5 cm in diameter. The leaves are opposite, simple, elliptic or egg shaped, tapered to a short point at the tip. The bark is simple and gray when young, becoming fissured and rough with age.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Golden Dewdrops is a member of the Vervain (Verbenaceae) family that includes roughly 35 genera and 1000 unique species found in only topical and sub tropical regions. This family includes many colorful ornamentals and recent research shows this family is closely related to the Lamiaceae (mints & teak are in this family).</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetATree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Severn, MD 21144, USA39.1214169 -76.67592210.811183063821154 -111.832172 67.431650736178852 -41.519672tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-55569894185644949862024-03-12T13:21:00.001-04:002024-03-12T13:21:00.312-04:00Japanese Pagoda Tree - Styphnolobium japonicum<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Japanese Pagoda Tree - </span><i style="text-align: center;">Styphnolobium japonicum, </i><span style="text-align: center;">is recognized by the combination of pinnate leaves, white or yellow to white flowers and yellow to brown, necklace like legume. It is a deciduous tree that reaches heights of about 60-65 feet tall. Growing in an erect form with a single trunk and broad crown. It was introduced from Asia and is cultivated and now naturalized from Pennsylvania and Ohio in the North to North Carolina in the South. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWoerXfFvFX_0iKw5ToGkMhwyCNqwv4daanPB_cBdeLfqAWet9dIHOSAzqfiHqnyZcqqw2kDoaKYxESmCg4Sy1bDKGUpQrneL7lmktItC76gf83sPeKbQuTDm9LHdl4NqLgU7fbmx5Cc/s1600/pagoda+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWoerXfFvFX_0iKw5ToGkMhwyCNqwv4daanPB_cBdeLfqAWet9dIHOSAzqfiHqnyZcqqw2kDoaKYxESmCg4Sy1bDKGUpQrneL7lmktItC76gf83sPeKbQuTDm9LHdl4NqLgU7fbmx5Cc/s320/pagoda+tree.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Styphnolobium or Necklacepods is a small genus, made up of only 7 species of shrubs and trees. The leaves are always alternate and pinnately compound and the flowers bisexual. The fruit is a very distinct beadlike legume and the seeds are toxic. The species in this genus have been commonly grouped with the Sophora, unlike the Sophora species, they lack the ability the fix atmospheric nitrogen. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJEfv3a5r-56TOCBgIGyKBxXCTgvfq7rsawZuVQCe4ORgTCeDsmwQLeP24_QyGAj2dKnwE5Pyh0O3DmxNf3AW0e81lZmYwuHdbM2eDzQJVj2XqTJpDcsLfoP_zQsBoSd8bJvmfofYh7k/s1600/pagoda+tree+full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJEfv3a5r-56TOCBgIGyKBxXCTgvfq7rsawZuVQCe4ORgTCeDsmwQLeP24_QyGAj2dKnwE5Pyh0O3DmxNf3AW0e81lZmYwuHdbM2eDzQJVj2XqTJpDcsLfoP_zQsBoSd8bJvmfofYh7k/s320/pagoda+tree+full.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bark of the Japanese Pagoda Tree is gray-brown and ridged with elongated vertical furrows. The leaves are alternate and pinnate, the blades are 15-25 cm long and about 11 cm broad. The leaflets are 7-17 in number alternate and opposite. The flowers are bisexual and either Corrolla White or Yellow White in color and about 1 cm long each. The fruit is hairless and yellow-green to light brown in color and in the form of 8-20 cm long legumes with seed compartments that mature in Autumn and persist into Winter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com </a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Millersville, MD 21108, USA39.0751243 -76.629718910.764890463821153 -111.7859689 67.385358136178837 -41.4734689tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-86639477626969148442024-03-08T13:11:00.002-05:002024-03-08T13:11:00.243-05:00Oysterwood - Gymnanthes lucida<p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Oysterwood - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Gymnanthes lucida</i><span style="font-family: Arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> (also called the Crabwood), is the only tree native to Florida who's leaves have an eared base. It grows in an erect form with a single trunk and narrow crown. It is found in Hammocks in the Florida Keys and Southern Florida only. A member of the very small genus Gymnanthes which is made up of only 12 species a distributed in the American tropics, Oysterwood is the only member found in North America. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that reaches height of only about 30 feet tall. </span></span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vO69mAVCN0-vj8mGIhWKbeFj9pjFLwzW74SARoGEqqYaIOtxNZTPOHN5Jh1HYetzy7IFBbmJct4u6CXs3wl-OQ3qNWBfm-yytAuoy8NezsMTwvOuj3UgIBW3KGJwp8MImF_wrqglZ8A/s1600/oysterwood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vO69mAVCN0-vj8mGIhWKbeFj9pjFLwzW74SARoGEqqYaIOtxNZTPOHN5Jh1HYetzy7IFBbmJct4u6CXs3wl-OQ3qNWBfm-yytAuoy8NezsMTwvOuj3UgIBW3KGJwp8MImF_wrqglZ8A/s320/oysterwood.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Dan Clark, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The bark of the Oysterwood is smooth, sometimes finely fissured, and gray-brown in color. The leaves are alternate, simple, leathery, elliptic with a distinct ear shape at the base. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female on the same tree. Flowers are mostly absent of petals and sepals. Male flowers occur in elongated racemes reaches up to 5 cm long, but remaining shorter than the leaves. Female flowers are solitary at the tip of a long stalk that arises from the base of the male raceme. Flowers occur between Summer and Winter annually. The fruit is rounded, 3 part with a dark brown capsule that reaches up to 12mm in diameter. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees and shrubs on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0CHSTNT HL CV, MD 21226, USA39.2101586 -76.560382810.899924763821154 -111.7166328 67.520392436178838 -41.4041328tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-22618074073771539152024-03-06T12:53:00.005-05:002024-03-06T12:53:00.151-05:00Cherrybark Oak - Quercus pagoda<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Cherrybark Oak - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Quercus pagoda, </i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">is most easily recognized by the combination of leaves with 5-11 marginal lobes and hairy lower surface, large buds and bark that is very similar to that of a Black Cherry. It is a deciduous tree, potentially reaches heights of 60-80 feet tall. Growing in an erect upright fashion with a single trunk which is generally clear of branches on the trunk. The Cherrybark Oak prefers a bottomland, floodplain forest, lower slopes, river beds and other areas that are subject to periodic flooding. The Overcup Oak is another Oak that is commonly found growing in the same habitat areas, however they are not very similar in appearance having very different leaves and acorns. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWNPJVu0BF97dbIys2p7Ca29SRcm2vnwZR6ZURMRtpsUZaqR7JLDBe0yAiHcuZK5fbnDfa3g45wSCrpfL7DQx9mrz400jFA28MsJnd_aZXOSne4-3ya90Wmpmq2M3oxNV3nSCgaVjvdo/s1600/cherrybark+oak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWNPJVu0BF97dbIys2p7Ca29SRcm2vnwZR6ZURMRtpsUZaqR7JLDBe0yAiHcuZK5fbnDfa3g45wSCrpfL7DQx9mrz400jFA28MsJnd_aZXOSne4-3ya90Wmpmq2M3oxNV3nSCgaVjvdo/s320/cherrybark+oak.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The leaves of Cherrybark Oak are alternate, simple, ovate or elliptic to nearly obvate. The upper leaf surface is lustrous and dark green in color hairy when immature. The lower leaf surface is paler and densely hairy and soft to the touch. The fruit is in the form of an acorn with a cup that is 3-7 mm deep, brown in color, rounded and striped. This is one of the largest and fastest growing of all the Southern Oaks. </div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website </span><a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com </a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">or follow our blog </span><a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com</a> </p>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com01109 Odenton Rd, Odenton, MD 21113, USA39.078324599999988 -76.685907339.025004018497029 -76.754571850781247 39.131645181502947 -76.617242749218747tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-8773552740682814372024-03-04T12:07:00.001-05:002024-03-04T12:07:00.148-05:00Arborvitae - Thuja occidentalis<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Arborvitae - </span><i style="text-align: center;">Thuja occidentalis</i><span style="text-align: center;"> is monoecious evergreen tree that generally reaches heights of 40-50 feet tall, although it has the potential to grow much taller in ideal conditions. It is a native northern Cypress with scale like leaves, and flattened twigs that are grouped in fan shaped sprays with bilaterally symmetric cones. Found mostly on limestone derived soils, in swampy areas, riparian areas, and on cliff /talus from 0-900 m. It is common from Ontario and New Brunswick in the north, south through the Appalachians of North Carolina and Tennessee. It is also commonly called Northern White Cedar, American Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, or Cedar Blanc.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LEheVOs2dKkFbIX8P4Z7qZQlGbhgxWQHU5qRpM7cILGicjNrjFa06BVlhDAESe1PowM-WEv3sQe16virkhbNZBBgHB0oROj5ZXvBURS9m__08gZ_sB9OfvysGXO34f6GQUhaJWSA9VQ/s1600/Thuja.jpg"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LEheVOs2dKkFbIX8P4Z7qZQlGbhgxWQHU5qRpM7cILGicjNrjFa06BVlhDAESe1PowM-WEv3sQe16virkhbNZBBgHB0oROj5ZXvBURS9m__08gZ_sB9OfvysGXO34f6GQUhaJWSA9VQ/s320/Thuja.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: (Foliage) Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bark of the Arborvitae is Red-Brown in color and becomes gray with age. The bark is thin and fibrous becoming fissured and forming long strips with age. The pollen cones are 1-2 mm long reddish in color. The seed cones are ovoid 9-14 mm long, green maturing to brown with 2 pairs of woody, fertile scales, each one is longer then it is wide. The leaves are scale like, flattened 1-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, pointed and dull yellow-green on the upper and lower surface with visible glands and lateral leaves near twig tips.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlgmkS-fqAVOjyttUYvgxbzIk459zDiLcTi8bKfLg2kxWXAYiP9OMQZqJGDUiebggguELkEZiZjimDqxZaA4n5iuut9yEeGgX-SPPkAem2yOTbi8EUZc_yK2Y3dBGNoyhVdLbBfVUQMw/s1600/thuja+bark.jpg"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlgmkS-fqAVOjyttUYvgxbzIk459zDiLcTi8bKfLg2kxWXAYiP9OMQZqJGDUiebggguELkEZiZjimDqxZaA4n5iuut9yEeGgX-SPPkAem2yOTbi8EUZc_yK2Y3dBGNoyhVdLbBfVUQMw/s320/thuja+bark.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: (Bark) Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is written that in 1536 an extract from the foliage of the Arborvitae saved the lives of Jacques Cartier and his crew who were suffering from scurvy during their second discovery voyage to Canada, they in turn named the tree Arborvitae which is Latin for "tree of life". They brought the tree home with them to Europe, making it the first North American tree to be introduced to Europe. Since that time, there have been more then 120 cultivars discovered and named. This sheer number makes it one of the most popular trees in horticulture today. Arborvitae is also one of the longest lived trees in Eastern North America, it has been documented to live up to 1890 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0QfOHPxC00ELPdsReS9tAih4r8n6gWGIwKkT8Gso3h4Ex43qwsLVCWToUKvYqMCNhQna1bjsE2F_R9f-zCS4IVHlW1JGzlqtoRye9qJLCqy6UNpULzmRocTGcxFYqRRwOoWE8u4z5XI/s1600/Thuja+row.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0QfOHPxC00ELPdsReS9tAih4r8n6gWGIwKkT8Gso3h4Ex43qwsLVCWToUKvYqMCNhQna1bjsE2F_R9f-zCS4IVHlW1JGzlqtoRye9qJLCqy6UNpULzmRocTGcxFYqRRwOoWE8u4z5XI/s320/Thuja+row.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: (Row planting) Jason Sharman, Vitalitree, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arborvitae is a very common planting in both residential and commercial settings. It is recommended for hardiness zones 3-7 and holds it foliage year round. This tree adapts very well to both shearing and shaping and naturally grows in a pyramidal shape. It is often used as a natural fencing or planted in rows to create a hedgerow/screening effect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-47888058014785532372024-02-20T13:44:00.002-05:002024-02-20T13:44:00.141-05:00Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii<p> <span style="text-align: center;">The Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii, is a medium to large sized deciduous tree that reaches heights of only 40 feet on average but can grow as tall as 100 feet tall in it's ideal settings (well drained alluvial floodplains). Regardless of the overall height and site location the crown remains compact. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxcue8DFM1TDp3lJEHKHU3x8dtUfFQ1lqQKublzbWo6LgtqBv2gECWnprr9qh47QmW_b5gdTagZvbBhmGa-OhV78ffwKYcbN7t9NSDMDrbI7Ps_R3ARGS34_lXCdQKDzxgwWd3OfL-Rk/s1600/swamp+chestnut+Oak+full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxcue8DFM1TDp3lJEHKHU3x8dtUfFQ1lqQKublzbWo6LgtqBv2gECWnprr9qh47QmW_b5gdTagZvbBhmGa-OhV78ffwKYcbN7t9NSDMDrbI7Ps_R3ARGS34_lXCdQKDzxgwWd3OfL-Rk/s320/swamp+chestnut+Oak+full.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The leaves of this tree range in size from 4-8 inches long. The leaf blades are leathery in textured and diamond shaped with the widest portions being located two third of the way to the tip of each leaf. Each leaf is coarsely toothed on all sides in a wavy fashion. The leaf surfaces are dark green and smooth while the bottom downy and paler in color. The bark patterns of the Swamp Chestnut Oak vary and can be tight with shallow parallel ridges/valleys or have long peeling side strips. The bark of the tree differs in color depending on the location, it is lighter gray in upland settings and dark gray in lowlands. The acorns of the Swamp Chestnut Oak are 1 inch long and light brown in color and sweet to the taste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezbu20G5PIVF0RVOaXxTxlA-kKkiFUj3AvTTo9_1JI4T3ZWYXI8DsNQFd4Kjta3IMSxb8HeWLYRzOqYUVVSGd_i7itYh1dIWZLioMhHkgtQ2ieRyiI4Z3OV7WwB-ny3qV5jFTQYmvnEs/s1600/swamp+chestnut+oak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezbu20G5PIVF0RVOaXxTxlA-kKkiFUj3AvTTo9_1JI4T3ZWYXI8DsNQFd4Kjta3IMSxb8HeWLYRzOqYUVVSGd_i7itYh1dIWZLioMhHkgtQ2ieRyiI4Z3OV7WwB-ny3qV5jFTQYmvnEs/s320/swamp+chestnut+oak.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: Franklin Bonner, USFS (ret.), Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is very hard to differentiate between the Swamp Chestnut Oak, Chinkapin Oak and White Oak as they share many of the same characteristics. Swamp Chestnut Oak grows best in low lying bottomlands that periodically flood whereas the other two grow best in well drained soils. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lumber from the Swamp Chestnut Oak is grouped with other White Oaks during lumber production. It can be used in almost any application from tools to furniture to baskets. The lumber has a very nice appearance and can be left natural in many applications.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet more trees and shrubs on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/"> https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Gambrills, MD 21054, USA39.0439857 -76.670147510.733751863821155 -111.8263975 67.354219536178846 -41.5138975tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-76158782958171215922024-01-23T13:44:00.001-05:002024-01-23T13:44:00.136-05:00Slash Pine - Pinus elliottii <p> <span style="text-align: center;">The Slash Pine - Pinus elliottii is a tall, straight, deciduous tree that can reach heights of 60-100 feet on average. Growing in an upright fashion, Slash Pine generally does not have lower limbs along the trunk but has a dense rounded crown. It is native to the United States mainly in the South from South Eastern-South Carolina, throughout all of Florida, and along the Gulf Coast through Louisiana. The Slash Pine is a rapid grower with a desirable form and natural resistance to southern Pine beetles, because of this it is widely planted along the coastal plain for timber production. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6TjhXpnuVriKJwHQ4GGsVpL0pvDaSI4tTkGRsD0V6zhWKii_-ch4qFZsFN0pkKll7jVpbCe_hWxqmtVeOz44bejy3-4srFCQRftrPUaCxpTigJgt7qkT5lhKA-vJlik9v4uDFCIJv8I/s1600/Slash+Pine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6TjhXpnuVriKJwHQ4GGsVpL0pvDaSI4tTkGRsD0V6zhWKii_-ch4qFZsFN0pkKll7jVpbCe_hWxqmtVeOz44bejy3-4srFCQRftrPUaCxpTigJgt7qkT5lhKA-vJlik9v4uDFCIJv8I/s320/Slash+Pine.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The trunk of the Slash Pine is mainly limb free, covered with large, flat, purple-brown bark plates and topped by a dense rounded crown with dark green needles. The needles are dark green, lustrous, stiff and 6-10 inches long in bundles of two or three. The needles grow in clusters near the ends of otherwise bare orange-brown branches that resemble brooms. The seeds are winged and borne in cones that range from 5-8 inches long and grow tilted back towards the trunks. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheYCNVxopCyssAIrSbzOlmSNAYTwI0GZ5mPVuzWffKz_MtrQyS2M22CzyXRzQpaA-jahe71Bv_8C0JEQrvmRoX_ftTqVUfUm9n00BB2GTsbp9taNDtnZkaRRp5uphN_brWfjHC69MM6U/s1600/slash+pine+needle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheYCNVxopCyssAIrSbzOlmSNAYTwI0GZ5mPVuzWffKz_MtrQyS2M22CzyXRzQpaA-jahe71Bv_8C0JEQrvmRoX_ftTqVUfUm9n00BB2GTsbp9taNDtnZkaRRp5uphN_brWfjHC69MM6U/s320/slash+pine+needle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Crofton, MD 21114, USA39.0145932 -76.6816961999999910.704359363821155 -111.83794619999999 67.324827036178846 -41.52544619999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-46481200893210429812024-01-18T13:45:00.003-05:002024-01-18T13:45:00.242-05:00Cashew Tree - Anacardium occidentale<p> The Cashew Tree <i>Anacardium occidentale </i>is a tropical evergreen that produces the Cashew seed and Cashew Apple. Reaching heights of around 45 feet it is not a large tree by any means. The trunk is generally short and irregular in form. The dwarf variety is considered to be more profitable having earlier production maturity and higher yields at around 20 ft tall. Native to Brazil, Portuguese colonist were recorded to export the tree and nuts as early as 1550. Currently there is major Cashew production occurring in Vietnam, India, Nigeria and The Ivory Coast. During the 21st century Cashew cultivation has significantly increased to meet new demands for manufacturing of Cashew Milk a plant based alternative to Dairy Milk. In 2017, globally the production of Cashews was measured in tonnes at 3,971,046 with the leading producer being Vietnam 22%, India 19% and the Ivory Coast 18%. Benin, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Mozambique and Tanzania are all also notable producers.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrFIkSgfWKByrzziziEhkxozwI-8hgv4jCbBiRcRpDtwhkgKKyGPnzcx9wp_FYnduu-v0QYcjEHPLpD3MlmjqsgXxi3wnBL70e1iDKfB9OfqcSGZ03A3moYijTralE5wsJl7S8BjTfn4/s1600/20190103_114004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrFIkSgfWKByrzziziEhkxozwI-8hgv4jCbBiRcRpDtwhkgKKyGPnzcx9wp_FYnduu-v0QYcjEHPLpD3MlmjqsgXxi3wnBL70e1iDKfB9OfqcSGZ03A3moYijTralE5wsJl7S8BjTfn4/s320/20190103_114004.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The leaves of the Cashew Tree are spirally arranged, elliptic to obvate in shape and leathery in texture. The flowers are produced in panicle or corymb up to 10 inches in length. Flowers begin as small and pale green in color, becoming red and slender with maturity. The Cashew Nut, simply called Cashew is widely consumed throughout the world. It can be eaten alone, used in baking, as a salad topping or processed into Cashew Cheese or Cashew butter. The Cashew Apple is a light red to yellow fruit similar to a gourd in appearance, it is an accessory or false fruit. The pulp of this false fruit can be processed and made into a astringent but sweet drink or distilled into liquor. The actual fruit of the tree is the kidney shaped drupe that occurs at the base of each Cashew Apple. Within each true fruit is a single seed (or nut), this seed is surrounded by a double shell that contains a resin that is an allergenic phenolic, called anacardic acid. Anacardic acid is chemically related to Urushiol which is the toxin found in Poison Ivy. For this reason Cashews are not readily available or sold in shell direct to consumers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCpbKILWmCnT5CjoBjvPRdHKVR3J_wB3NFyoxHM18aFD4KDJi0rbCO0nW_IDPbe7EfrQX-cudl6Ek3BOLkjd2YTECDUnmhGNs1SQOkMg363AuqwTJXOYsSH7zbBvqwiJcT_7MrVJ0K64/s1600/Cashew+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1210" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCpbKILWmCnT5CjoBjvPRdHKVR3J_wB3NFyoxHM18aFD4KDJi0rbCO0nW_IDPbe7EfrQX-cudl6Ek3BOLkjd2YTECDUnmhGNs1SQOkMg363AuqwTJXOYsSH7zbBvqwiJcT_7MrVJ0K64/s320/Cashew+cropped.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />We recently visited Saint Lucia (one stop on a cruise) and while there we toured the Drive In Volcano / Geothermal Area near <span style="text-align: center;">Soufrière</span>. There at the site just on the edge of the overlook was a lone Cashew tree, the first I have ever seen in person (and not in a book) so I was quite intrigued. The tour guide explained how the Cashew was not native to the island, but was introduced over 100 years ago and is now found throughout the island. She also explained in depth about the risks of eating or handling an "unprocessed" Cashew because of what she called the "poisonous shell". The tree itself appeared to be mature between 35-40 ft tall and has had obvious damage from what I assume to be weather combined with tourist over the years. Perched at the edge of the overlook it is only protected by a small rail system but otherwise is right in the flow of foot traffic. It's trunk is irregular and gnarly in appearance and part of the canopy appears to have broken out well before our visit, though it still hangs on directly above the (Smelly) Sulphur Springs bubbling below. Another testament to the strength and determination we so often see in nature.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O_S4gbM6_ra41CmfnY8pcmr3nhbnrEZZhqba6Lgg0yM1R7kC13PPqSLwrk-xWVF51m7F_oKhwu6jYMNgkWHce7c3MepuHmO6TwcbSDY5uB7Tz8WOFQ3-fTUiNtXbxDpfCwemwaUjAqc/s1600/20190103_114008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O_S4gbM6_ra41CmfnY8pcmr3nhbnrEZZhqba6Lgg0yM1R7kC13PPqSLwrk-xWVF51m7F_oKhwu6jYMNgkWHce7c3MepuHmO6TwcbSDY5uB7Tz8WOFQ3-fTUiNtXbxDpfCwemwaUjAqc/s320/20190103_114008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo Credits (1, 2 & 3): Amy Gilliss, Arundel Tree Service </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Location - Sulphur Springs (geothermal area) Soufrière, Saint Lucia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was very hard to photograph trees in this crowded tourist area as they are not the "attractions" to others ;-) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meet more trees by visiting our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div><div><br /></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Odenton, MD 21113, USA39.0595709 -76.7163358999999912.138115845731885 -111.87258589999999 65.9810259542681 -41.56008589999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-36980310819607610322024-01-16T13:42:00.002-05:002024-01-16T13:42:00.137-05:00Red Spruce - Picea rubens<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Red Spruce - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Picea rubens</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> is a small-mid sized tree that can reach 50-80 feet tall. Red Spruce is a long lived tree that can live to be well over 400 years old. Red Spruce can be found growing from Canada in the North through North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia in the South. The branches on the Red Spruce are close in proximity to one another, growing straight out from the trunk and gently sweeping upward near the ends. The wood of Red Spruce is light in color and weight, straight grained, and resilient. This type of lumber is used for making paper, construction lumber, and stringed musical instruments.</span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lvcDGvOQA-1zj1h9NIYqn0OFzXtpJftSyKtPxhO3rsgduFYbsvSiNly41KL7a1Efv5BkiEeRoXSCmYgLCuxU3L-_giJbDX3b7D6A2F4IXxA68H6oDZAk-Q1tJ9ZFkMP9xNE8PlPvCzY/s1600/Red+Spriuce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lvcDGvOQA-1zj1h9NIYqn0OFzXtpJftSyKtPxhO3rsgduFYbsvSiNly41KL7a1Efv5BkiEeRoXSCmYgLCuxU3L-_giJbDX3b7D6A2F4IXxA68H6oDZAk-Q1tJ9ZFkMP9xNE8PlPvCzY/s320/Red+Spriuce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Red Spruce is moneocious, with male and female flower buds occurring on the same tree but different branches, each year in May. The pendant male flowers are bright red while the female flowers are erect and bright green in color with a hint of purple. The seeds are small and winged, borne in cones. Cones mature from about mid-September to early October, the autumn following flowering. Cones are 1.3 - 1.5 in long, light red-brown, with rigid, rounded scales that are slightly toothed on the edges. Cones are receptive to pollen only when fully open, a condition which lasts briefly for only a few days. The needles are easily identified, they are shiny yellow-green on all sides and point out in all directions very much like porcupine quills. The needles are stiff 3/8 - 5/8 inch long, sharply pointed, four sided and awe shaped.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_a3zQ6gQvUc9Nf51ji_sdP57XFFkvucmxkhBl7AO0QmwJ11ntilTv1OQeS3i5htTHWCvlGuPX30XgXXOLCOCbHiDCLy2CHOBLpGksIq_M_tNo_GFqlg-TKqMhDvJsP4Q9VTGMtyntW4/s1600/red+spruce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_a3zQ6gQvUc9Nf51ji_sdP57XFFkvucmxkhBl7AO0QmwJ11ntilTv1OQeS3i5htTHWCvlGuPX30XgXXOLCOCbHiDCLy2CHOBLpGksIq_M_tNo_GFqlg-TKqMhDvJsP4Q9VTGMtyntW4/s320/red+spruce.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Georgette Smith, Canadian Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Crownsville, MD 21032, USA39.0314822 -76.60661122.308592968927819 -94.184736 55.75437143107218 -59.028486tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-34402252529284100932024-01-11T10:49:00.001-05:002024-01-11T10:49:00.133-05:00Swamp Tupelo - sylvatica var. biflora (AKA Swamp Blackgum)<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Swamp Tupelo - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">sylvatica var. biflora</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> (AKA Swamp Blackgum), is most often found as a small tree but can reach heights of over 80 feet tall. The Swamp Tupelo is filled with small branches that grow in almost perfect right angles from the trunk forming an open but unkempt crown. Mature trees often develop swelling near the base of their trunks. Bees are often found around Swamp Tupelo as they gather the flower pollen to produce Tupelo Honey which is highly prized. Their sour fruits are grazed upon by a variety of small mammals and birds. The soft wood is not commercially important but is sometimes used in local applications where a rot resistant wood is required. Swamp Tupelo prefers to grow in shallow moving water or swamp lands, and can be found from Maryland in the North through Florida in the South and west through eastern Texas and North along the Mississippi River to Illinois. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrT9N7td0QlsG821W5qgWYvGwkv5ksCvHynaxlQnrbyVB4x7yGmISOp14Y7hBdXggOMjAAK4EAwtH_ZK-yIde0gNesmF7SB7dwsXFUEgR9FhwrmDG8wGJs9_myJcNGZVSP5QJHkM_mgE/s1600/Swamp+Tupelo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrT9N7td0QlsG821W5qgWYvGwkv5ksCvHynaxlQnrbyVB4x7yGmISOp14Y7hBdXggOMjAAK4EAwtH_ZK-yIde0gNesmF7SB7dwsXFUEgR9FhwrmDG8wGJs9_myJcNGZVSP5QJHkM_mgE/s320/Swamp+Tupelo.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The leaves of the Swamp Tupelo are alternate, thick and textured with short leaf stalks. The leaf blade is 1.5 to 4 inches long and .5 to 1.5 inches wide. The upper leaf surface is lustrous and green in color, the lower is pale and covered in hairs. The fruit is purple-black in color, sour in flavor, 1/4-1/2 inch long with a hard seed that has distinct ridges. The bark is silver-gray in color occasionally almost black in color with rough rectangular chunky plates and crooked furrows. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQjmV2BZeKSJaa0fo9JExvcIVqZPn3QExEQIZmhd-mPBLq-gBvP9M6VaDWSUI87p0dTIlm8m9JcmLKaqHGMrXvi9T3l659kdFEu32pmGDIl3hxZjgews9qNqOn7I50kJ12sW_IU-C3Y0/s1600/swamp+tupelo+bark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQjmV2BZeKSJaa0fo9JExvcIVqZPn3QExEQIZmhd-mPBLq-gBvP9M6VaDWSUI87p0dTIlm8m9JcmLKaqHGMrXvi9T3l659kdFEu32pmGDIl3hxZjgews9qNqOn7I50kJ12sW_IU-C3Y0/s320/swamp+tupelo+bark.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website www.ArundelTree Service.com or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-1412038256693172932024-01-10T14:46:00.002-05:002024-01-10T14:46:00.139-05:00Black Jack Oak - Quercus marilandica<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Black Jack Oak - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Quercus marilandica</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">, is a small to mid sized deciduous tree that reaches heights of only 15 - 45 feet tall. Black Jack Oak often grows in an irregular shape with an open crown and crooked branches. It is one of the fews Red Oaks that produce and store a substance called tyloses, this substance seals the vessels and make the wood watertight. The small trees lumber is not highly valuable because of it's small size and knotty qualities it is used for fence posts, wooden water buckets, railroad ties, firewood and charcoal. Black Jack Oak is native to dry, sandy or soils from Iowa in the West, New Jersey and New York in the North, South through Florida, West through Texas and Northern Nebraska. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqqRilkZsK05dsrAGC33yli_KFRCBVlrt1zieFDIlqmgk8X-cMP-n1XGRFh-Bu9U0Pfx_pnZJCvOE_vthCwbe7YCiEmFMfVsVWZSC3332FjvtGcaR8R6rAaj8pMPwinn3rFtkvSVselk/s1600/black+jack+oak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqqRilkZsK05dsrAGC33yli_KFRCBVlrt1zieFDIlqmgk8X-cMP-n1XGRFh-Bu9U0Pfx_pnZJCvOE_vthCwbe7YCiEmFMfVsVWZSC3332FjvtGcaR8R6rAaj8pMPwinn3rFtkvSVselk/s320/black+jack+oak.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: David Stephens, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The leaves of the Black Jack Oak are tough and leathery, triangular and 4-8 inches long and wide. The leaf stalk or petiole and lower surface are covered with dense brown-orange hairs. The veins are raised on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces. Acorns occur singularly or in pairs on a short stalk with red-brown top shaped cups with hairy scales. The nuts are elliptic, 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch each, with a stout point.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtkJFkdhnK_qmjzoCCGgbZSlMS2QaVfj9P6WyMxxgp2gwqeH83r6EzH3_lDlw2bH6wLkofEZu3wC7NrHC07GP6oxR28xUVY4ppIEI2nfEFuIMngLGL_jGV-ZimY6j1zsGWYeFzWwC6FM/s1600/black+jack+oak+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtkJFkdhnK_qmjzoCCGgbZSlMS2QaVfj9P6WyMxxgp2gwqeH83r6EzH3_lDlw2bH6wLkofEZu3wC7NrHC07GP6oxR28xUVY4ppIEI2nfEFuIMngLGL_jGV-ZimY6j1zsGWYeFzWwC6FM/s320/black+jack+oak+1.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> of Follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Crofton, MD 21114, USA39.0145932 -76.6816961999999910.704359363821155 -111.83794619999999 67.324827036178846 -41.52544619999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-37612320012519602292024-01-09T13:27:00.001-05:002024-01-09T13:27:00.138-05:00Pondcypress - Taxidium ascendens<p> <span style="text-align: center;">The Pondcypress - </span><i style="text-align: center;">Taxidium ascendens</i><span style="text-align: center;"> is a very large deciduous tree that can reach heights of over 100 feet and live to be over 500 years old. It is most commonly found growing in very moist areas, swamps or even shallow ponds. When growing in water the tree forms knee like structures around the base of the tree, this unique rooting habit makes the tree able to withstands high winds. The wood of the mature Pondcypress is highly prized for it's rot and termite resistant properties. When young the tree grows in a conical shape, with age it will begin losing it's lower limbs and the trunk will become deeply fluted. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIS-YYfxKvzIxzaXIkF90ALuF2S47lODMfdvjSqEpaK54Nc088WT0lQgqGe1gmx3Ytt_V0H13zo_aWGQLpi0c_DkIncnWELypKAbWXhYdR8mKq-I1L3fegMdm_BXvru5XF-A-jx3kjEI/s1600/pondcypress.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIS-YYfxKvzIxzaXIkF90ALuF2S47lODMfdvjSqEpaK54Nc088WT0lQgqGe1gmx3Ytt_V0H13zo_aWGQLpi0c_DkIncnWELypKAbWXhYdR8mKq-I1L3fegMdm_BXvru5XF-A-jx3kjEI/s320/pondcypress.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><h4 class="panel-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;">Image Citation: David Stephens, Bugwood.org</span></h4></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pondcypress leaves are in the form of 1/4 inch long needles that are lime green in color and loosely woven around thin soft center twigs that curve slightly out from the main branches. In the fall the lime green leaves change in color, first to yellow and then to a red-brown before falling off. To the untrained eye the Pondcypress may appear to be a dead evergreen tree during this time, this is not the case as the Pondcypress is deciduous in nature (meaning it loses it's leaves each fall/winter). The fruit balls of the Pondcypress are rounded in shape, rough on the surface and silver gray in color. The fruit balls appear in the Summer and in the Fall open to release their seeds before falling off. During the Winter season the Pondcypress and Baldcypress appear almost identical and can be easily confused for one another. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjMUxGFxT_vGid_kzKn7dl15JRlikjIHz5gGvjIvq_Gjd0DPB6CuruxRWUkBtxmFK_c9g3YvOymu5GqaXATRKTG0nQ1pQ3m7_Cu6ad-fu1YIf6QeekOy5Ac6R4xYghpOzlufSd40hSzQ/s1600/Pondcypress1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjMUxGFxT_vGid_kzKn7dl15JRlikjIHz5gGvjIvq_Gjd0DPB6CuruxRWUkBtxmFK_c9g3YvOymu5GqaXATRKTG0nQ1pQ3m7_Cu6ad-fu1YIf6QeekOy5Ac6R4xYghpOzlufSd40hSzQ/s320/Pondcypress1.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><h4 class="panel-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;">Image Citation: David Stephens, Bugwood.org</span></h4></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Crownsville, MD 21032, USA39.0314822 -76.60661110.721248363821154 -111.762861 67.341716036178838 -41.450361tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-65524681647094671432024-01-08T13:34:00.002-05:002024-01-08T13:34:00.140-05:00Blue Ash - Fraxinus quadrangulata<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Blue Ash - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Fraxinus quadrangulata</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> is a medium sized deciduous ash tree that is native to the Midwestern portion of the the United States. It is most commonly found from Oklahoma North through Michigan, into the Bluegrass regions of Kentucky and lower Nashville basin of Tennessee. There are also small isolated populations growing in small areas of the Appalachian Mountains, Alabama and Southern Ontario. On average the height at maturity can range from 30 - 85 feet depending on the terrain, location and soil type the tree is growing in. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCxPkrVfZaaqwbRcsQXU55ZGK46iFfibAPiboF-xdFyKgcjHLVsp0MmD27oZTz4VxEoa5-6fVyr-0rMhbk03oEcc2w6R5lg0XzqOMU_ChHT8Q5vTENB9OGldUKENIARMgDqt1X-KaRSU/s1600/blue+ash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCxPkrVfZaaqwbRcsQXU55ZGK46iFfibAPiboF-xdFyKgcjHLVsp0MmD27oZTz4VxEoa5-6fVyr-0rMhbk03oEcc2w6R5lg0XzqOMU_ChHT8Q5vTENB9OGldUKENIARMgDqt1X-KaRSU/s320/blue+ash.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The twigs of the Blue Ash are unique having four cork like ridges that gives them an almost squared appearance when a cross section is cut. The leaves most often are made up of 7 leaflets and average 7 1/2 - 15 inches long, with individual leaflets ranging in size from 2 - 5 inches each. The green leaves are coarsely serrated along the margins with short and distinct petiolules, they become more yellow in the fall. The small purplish flowers occur in the early spring before the leaves appear. The fruit is a Samara that is 1-2 inches long and 1/4 to 1/2 inch broad including the attached wing. </div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYymh2vl2iKz_76I_IG-r5KJG226DwaTJHfbkrrVU-7juvBfqpxQGDeMfR2c9imS7NXAYzpxxL7OvnCo9X-bhUzVhVMXcddJIlb_WKE1869n4MfWNrIKy1hBkzHXKxwQEmsDVgToVusGw/s1600/blue+ash1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYymh2vl2iKz_76I_IG-r5KJG226DwaTJHfbkrrVU-7juvBfqpxQGDeMfR2c9imS7NXAYzpxxL7OvnCo9X-bhUzVhVMXcddJIlb_WKE1869n4MfWNrIKy1hBkzHXKxwQEmsDVgToVusGw/s320/blue+ash1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.6px;">Image Citation: Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org</span></span></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The various products of the Blue Ash have many uses. A blue dye can be extracted from the inner layer of the tree through water immersion. Pioneers used this dye to color yarn and other textiles used for sewing, crocheting, knitting and weaving. The wood can be used to make flooring, baseball bats, tool handles, crates and furniture. The name Blue Ash was also adopted by the City of Blue Ash in Ohio because of the number of trees growing in the area and the great use of the lumber in early buildings throughout the area.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> </div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Blue Ash has not been as greatly impacted by the Emerald Ash Borer as the other North American Ash species. The beetle has spread throughout most of this trees natural range. When infestation occurs in an area 60-70% of these trees survive, where other Ash trees may on have a survival rate of 1-2%. </div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website: <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"> www.ArundelTreeService.com </a> or follow our blog: <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetaTree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Glen Burnie, MD 21061, USA39.1511679 -76.623942310.840934063821152 -111.7801923 67.461401736178843 -41.467692299999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-72989960723548108422024-01-05T13:24:00.002-05:002024-01-05T13:24:00.137-05:00Winged Elm - Ulmus alata<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Winged Elm - Ulmus alata, is a small to medium sized deciduous tree that reaches heights of less then 50 feet tall and usually not more than 1.5 feet in diameter. The Winged Elm has a generally wide, rounded crown that is made up of long slender branches many of which are winged with wide, cork like ridges on either side making the tree easier to identify. It is sometimes also referred to as the Cork Elm or Wahoo. Winged Elm is common in the Southern portion of the United States and can be found easily from Virginia south through Florida and West through Texas.</span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhqwtAZezWpmbbNDJ8tmM-m382CbD1qnN1zt_qTC7I-PL08M4Yiao33pM57d_0XlOsvs2cmGv3RcmzlWlmbb-YXVIHuougTrKShv9EJ2CMcNeddUgpwQm4rvM8gIBvmOPZFWJ-Q0jIcg/s384/5369189-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhqwtAZezWpmbbNDJ8tmM-m382CbD1qnN1zt_qTC7I-PL08M4Yiao33pM57d_0XlOsvs2cmGv3RcmzlWlmbb-YXVIHuougTrKShv9EJ2CMcNeddUgpwQm4rvM8gIBvmOPZFWJ-Q0jIcg/s320/5369189-WEB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Joe Nicholson, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The bark of the Winged Elm is thin, irregularly shaped, with rough flat plates, shallow fissures and light gray in color. When shaved or peeled back the bark will reveal thin bands f dark and off white thin inner layers. The leaves are 1.5-3 inches long and 1-1.5 inches broad, with evenly spaced coarse teeth that are divided by smaller thinner teeth in between. One side of each leaf is wider then the other, with the thin yellow vein appearing off center on each leaf. The leaves are a bright green in color and can be either smooth or rough on the upper surface, while the lower surface is always smooth. In the fall the leaves turn a lovely bright yellow and sometimes a coppery brown.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AbGc-IHW_X8wGUPGiSvp0dI4w3bxrTcuXhNv6KQRjhsJschSZvR_RpkYrIDqDNV6I6XRrFeJ6dtc6eC-NR13BwhyphenhyphenB_VlfTEq2FgCltaHj8hblG9PsCh2gbpiyHm-dx_VLcnrPDhfxA0/s384/1380447-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AbGc-IHW_X8wGUPGiSvp0dI4w3bxrTcuXhNv6KQRjhsJschSZvR_RpkYrIDqDNV6I6XRrFeJ6dtc6eC-NR13BwhyphenhyphenB_VlfTEq2FgCltaHj8hblG9PsCh2gbpiyHm-dx_VLcnrPDhfxA0/s320/1380447-WEB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Winged Elm is a small tree and can be used in both commercial and residential settings. Since it is a relatively small tree it does not have value as far as lumber production is concerned. It is also not a desired firewood as the grain of the tree is interlocking and very difficult to split by hand. The Winged Elm has not been recorded to be affected by Dutch Elm disease, a disease that has been deadly to most Elm varieties. Recommended for hardiness zones 6a-9b.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog at <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Halethorpe, MD 21227, USA39.2396095 -76.6816961999999910.929375663821155 -111.83794619999999 67.549843336178839 -41.52544619999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-61839587865219349102023-12-31T16:29:00.004-05:002023-12-31T16:29:00.129-05:00Broadleaf Mistletoe (Phoradendron spp.)<p> <i style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Broadleaf Mistletoe (</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Phoradendron spp</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>.)</i> is an evergreen plant that is parasitic in nature, it grows freely on a variety of large landscape trees. Some deciduous host trees of broadleaf mistletoe include Apple, Ash, Birch, Boxelder, Cottonwood, Locust, Maple, Oaks Walnut and Zelkova to name a few. Conifers are not found to often be host of the Broadleaf variety, but can host the dwarf varieties.</span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 18.9696px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Mistletoe plants often develop in rounded form and can reach upwards of two feet in diameter. The plants develop small whitish colored berries that are sticky to the touch. Mistletoe plants are leafy and evergreen becoming most visible in the winter when the deciduous host trees have dropped their leaves. The plants are either female (berry producers) or male (pollen producing only). Many birds feed on the berries and excrete the living seeds which stick to any branch they land on. Older and large trees are often the first to be infested because birds prefer to perch on higher limbs. The down side of this is a heavy build up of mistletoe is most likely to occur in these same larger trees as the birds enjoy feeding on the berries of the mature Mistletoe plants. Often times growths in the upper branches will drop seeds to the lower sections below, spreading the growth even more. Dwarf Mistletoe does not spread in the same way as Broadleaf, instead it's seeds are forcibly discharged from the fruit, dispersing up to 40 feet away.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EfgCQY5SdegJMVKfD6uvfTEtdMYBTrXSl5YGIf9fkF3ej2Cempr5_h4gcc-kuqq8Ud0C_YM0xVVO-8VzouN-FBHIwokR7nOC1pOrzsp_1ZEPkdnJ_K2-eU7rfpGpyBl9eD0LhrCCSxs/s384/1504031-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EfgCQY5SdegJMVKfD6uvfTEtdMYBTrXSl5YGIf9fkF3ej2Cempr5_h4gcc-kuqq8Ud0C_YM0xVVO-8VzouN-FBHIwokR7nOC1pOrzsp_1ZEPkdnJ_K2-eU7rfpGpyBl9eD0LhrCCSxs/s320/1504031-WEB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW5WsSS-QFxJJF9Epi_n_vdc93IKhGkfF2eFIbcBS0Bk08k6jpziRGM7ExoNzGVVi3XSeuUmMD5Ohh53tuoEQ8wqTocI2k71NPqVN07FZlg-UPj2lAM0W4xjS3OVno334G1hnCRCqPUs/s384/1504034-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW5WsSS-QFxJJF9Epi_n_vdc93IKhGkfF2eFIbcBS0Bk08k6jpziRGM7ExoNzGVVi3XSeuUmMD5Ohh53tuoEQ8wqTocI2k71NPqVN07FZlg-UPj2lAM0W4xjS3OVno334G1hnCRCqPUs/s320/1504034-WEB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Image Citations (Photos 1 & 2): Paul A. Mistretta, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Once a seed is in place the seed will germinate, during this time it will begin to grow through the bark of the tree and into the tree's water conducting tissues. Within the tissues, structures similar to roots form, they are called haustoria. Haustoria will spread as the parasitic bush grows and spread. Young growths are slow growing and may take years before they bloom for the first time, their succulent stems become woody over time at the base of each growth. Even if an entire visible growth is removed from it's host plant, it will often resprout directly from the haustoria that is embedded into the host. On the other hand dwarf mistletoe is not woody when mature and is segmented with small scale-like leaves.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Mistletoe can be harmful to a tree that is already weakened but generally does not harm normal, healthy trees. It is possible for individual limbs and branches from healthy trees to become weak or die back. In instances of heavy infestation the entire tree may be stunted, weakened or killed if there are other factors such as disease or drought.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">The most effective way to control mistletoe is to remove the infested branches, this will eliminate the haustoria which will prevent re-sprouting. Infested branches must be cut at least 1-2 feet from the base of attachment to be sure you are removing all of the haustoria from the inner tissues of the host. In cases of heavy infestation it may be recommended to remove the entire tree as you can not safely remove more then a portion of the trees crown without causing severe damage or death to the tree itself. If you are not able to prune the tree to eliminate the growth, completely removing the visible mistletoe growth annually will often help limit the spread as only mature growths can produce seeds.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">More Cool Tree Facts: <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog: <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetaTree.com</a></div></h4>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Columbia, MD 21044, USA39.206658 -76.883626112.285202945731886 -112.0398761 66.128113054268113 -41.7273761tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-56954329558385556352023-12-29T16:36:00.002-05:002023-12-29T16:36:00.224-05:00 White Pines - Pinus strobus<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">White Pines - Pinus strobus are a large growing evergreen with blue-green needles that are generally 2 1/2-5 inches long. The needles grow very densely on the branches. Pines are different from other conifers/evergreens, their needles grow in sheathed groups of 2,3 or 5. It is a tall tree with straight gray-brown trunk and horizontal growing branches. The cones are small and slender rarely growing longer then 3-6 inches. White Pines can live on average 200-250 years although there are a few recorded to be over 400 years old. Growing about 3 feet per year between the ages of 15-45, but at a slower rate in the juvenille and mature stages before and after that point-they can reach heights well over 150 feet tall, one record holder came in at 207 feet (The Boogerman Pine). </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The White Pine has a very wide growth range from the North Eastern United States through Southeastern Canada, this is the only five needled Pine that grows East of the Rocky Mountains. Another five needled Pine found in the United States is the Sugar Pine, this is only found in the West. Thought to have originally covered most of the Eastern United States, there are only 1% of the original old growth forests remaining, after the extensive logging operations that occured in the early 20th century. It is found in the neartic temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome of Eastern North America. Prefering well drained/sandy soils and humid climate, it also performs well in boggy areas and rocky highlands. This tree towers over most others including many broadleaf hardwoods and provides food and shelter to many small mammals and numerous forest birds.<br /><br /><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYLBraAQ2A8mHZmhZSRPzAfBKmtPWDmgHY_VlAmCu5sLasm0OdRwvJhHoavN7N6-5AvWihBCXaKo79Jv3YeBczh5FIGPa422cNG6LseDmkIOsKRaB1OYNBtsgNnxvhcH_unHYky1WhCo/s384/5505582-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYLBraAQ2A8mHZmhZSRPzAfBKmtPWDmgHY_VlAmCu5sLasm0OdRwvJhHoavN7N6-5AvWihBCXaKo79Jv3YeBczh5FIGPa422cNG6LseDmkIOsKRaB1OYNBtsgNnxvhcH_unHYky1WhCo/s320/5505582-WEB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnmCvmZLVJAucySqWXtuYp_hT0Tx79NPUdoUIajIdPIq4O-buBecXTfzxH3Sao9_ykQmVtRR2K8H11Kwl10U7TUp1D6n_OXXTm_jGqYPS_lOBUf5-VPSsu36bqkTB-sj9A_yD3eU2mAo/s384/1593063-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnmCvmZLVJAucySqWXtuYp_hT0Tx79NPUdoUIajIdPIq4O-buBecXTfzxH3Sao9_ykQmVtRR2K8H11Kwl10U7TUp1D6n_OXXTm_jGqYPS_lOBUf5-VPSsu36bqkTB-sj9A_yD3eU2mAo/s320/1593063-WEB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><b>Image Citations (Photo 1 & 2)</b>: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet More Trees: <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">www.MeetaTree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Hanover, MD 21076, USA39.1676655 -76.722108210.857431663821153 -111.8783582 67.477899336178837 -41.565858199999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-83995703435996139352023-12-26T16:43:00.003-05:002023-12-26T16:43:00.134-05:00Red Spruce - Picea rubens<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Red Spruce - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Picea rubens</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> is a small-mid sized tree that can reach 50-80 feet tall. Red Spruce is a long lived tree that can live to be well over 400 years old. Red Spruce can be found growing from Canada in the North through North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia in the South. The branches on the Red Spruce are close in proximity to one another, growing straight out from the trunk and gently sweeping upward near the ends. The wood of Red Spruce is light in color and weight, straight grained, and resilient. This type of lumber is used for making paper, construction lumber, and stringed musical instruments.</span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lvcDGvOQA-1zj1h9NIYqn0OFzXtpJftSyKtPxhO3rsgduFYbsvSiNly41KL7a1Efv5BkiEeRoXSCmYgLCuxU3L-_giJbDX3b7D6A2F4IXxA68H6oDZAk-Q1tJ9ZFkMP9xNE8PlPvCzY/s1600/Red+Spriuce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lvcDGvOQA-1zj1h9NIYqn0OFzXtpJftSyKtPxhO3rsgduFYbsvSiNly41KL7a1Efv5BkiEeRoXSCmYgLCuxU3L-_giJbDX3b7D6A2F4IXxA68H6oDZAk-Q1tJ9ZFkMP9xNE8PlPvCzY/s320/Red+Spriuce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Red Spruce is moneocious, with male and female flower buds occurring on the same tree but different branches, each year in May. The pendant male flowers are bright red while the female flowers are erect and bright green in color with a hint of purple. The seeds are small and winged, borne in cones. Cones mature from about mid-September to early October, the autumn following flowering. Cones are 1.3 - 1.5 in long, light red-brown, with rigid, rounded scales that are slightly toothed on the edges. Cones are receptive to pollen only when fully open, a condition which lasts briefly for only a few days. The needles are easily identified, they are shiny yellow-green on all sides and point out in all directions very much like porcupine quills. The needles are stiff 3/8 - 5/8 inch long, sharply pointed, four sided and awe shaped.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_a3zQ6gQvUc9Nf51ji_sdP57XFFkvucmxkhBl7AO0QmwJ11ntilTv1OQeS3i5htTHWCvlGuPX30XgXXOLCOCbHiDCLy2CHOBLpGksIq_M_tNo_GFqlg-TKqMhDvJsP4Q9VTGMtyntW4/s1600/red+spruce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_a3zQ6gQvUc9Nf51ji_sdP57XFFkvucmxkhBl7AO0QmwJ11ntilTv1OQeS3i5htTHWCvlGuPX30XgXXOLCOCbHiDCLy2CHOBLpGksIq_M_tNo_GFqlg-TKqMhDvJsP4Q9VTGMtyntW4/s320/red+spruce.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Georgette Smith, Canadian Forest Service, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Crownsville, MD 21032, USA39.0314822 -76.60661110.721248363821154 -111.762861 67.341716036178838 -41.450361tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-59882178820349238172023-12-25T16:57:00.004-05:002023-12-25T16:57:00.142-05:00Why do we decorate a tree for Christmas with "Christmas Trees"?<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The custom of the Christmas tree developed in early modern Germany with predecessors that can be traced to the 16th and possibly even the late 15th century. Customs of erecting decorated trees in wintertime can be traced to Christmas celebrations in Renaissance-era guilds in Northern Germany and Livonia. Fir trees have been traditionally used to celebrate winter festivals by both Pagan's and Christian's for thousands of years. Pagans used Fir branches to decorate their homes during the winter solstice, as it reminded them to think ahead to Spring. The Romans used Fir Trees to decorate their temples at the festival of Saturnalia. Christians use it as a sign of everlasting life with God. A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as pine or fir, traditionally associated with the celebration of Christmas.</span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKtnjt7usf2Xv3jwMTnaPU1VbYJ6aTgXZvN28Qi9gKvva1Edo6HG93BEPXMil86MoYVoe-8nmq57fqvkYFWgDgHXHuEp72Wn28PINyouYp0QTo4W2rNCGk-MiXS9tMEMDibHB9KaopBs/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKtnjt7usf2Xv3jwMTnaPU1VbYJ6aTgXZvN28Qi9gKvva1Edo6HG93BEPXMil86MoYVoe-8nmq57fqvkYFWgDgHXHuEp72Wn28PINyouYp0QTo4W2rNCGk-MiXS9tMEMDibHB9KaopBs/s320/DSC_0015.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Image Citation: Amy Gilliss, <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Arundel Tree Service</a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Each year, 33 to 36 million Christmas trees are produced in America, and 50 to 60 million are produced in Europe. In 1998, there were about 15,000 growers in America (a third of them are "choose and cut" farms, which allow buyers to select their tree before cutting it down). In that same year, it was estimated that Americans spent $1.5 billion on Christmas trees. Some trees referred to as living Christmas trees, are sold live with roots and soil, often from a nursery, to be stored in planters or planted later outdoors and enjoyed (and often decorated) for years or decades to come. In the past, Christmas trees were often harvested from wild forests, but now almost all are commercially grown on tree farms. Almost all Christmas trees in the United States are grown on Christmas tree farms where they are cut after about ten years of growth and then new trees are planted to begin the cycle again. Christmas trees are a large attraction for small mammals, birds and spiders as they provide nesting and shelter.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Though the why of decorating a Christmas tree may remain the same, the ways to go about doing it are limitless. Today you are not just limited to a classic evergreens with white or multi colored lights. Artificial trees have become very popular over the last few decades and are considered by most to be more enviromentally friendly (until they end up in landfills at least...). You can now purchase thousands of different sizes, colors, styles, themes and materials of artificial trees some even come with built in lights. For those of us who are a bit more tech savvy, lights can even be programmed to music and come in colors beyond the basic rainbow. The options are as endless as our imaginations, maybe this year your family will out-decorate the Griswold family! ;-)<br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">More Cool Tree Facts <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetATree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Annapolis, MD 21409, USA39.0125103 -76.444739710.702276463821157 -111.6009897 67.322744136178841 -41.2884897tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-38618207934751783432023-11-30T13:24:00.001-05:002023-11-30T13:24:00.143-05:00 Java Plum - Syzygium cumini<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Java Plum - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Syzygium cumini, </i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Is a fast growing evergreen tree that reaches heights of 30-80 feet tall depending on the location/conditions planted. It is considered a tropical tree and is a member of the flowering plant family </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Myrtaceae</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">. It grows in an erect single trunk they could be straight or crooked in form with a rounded crown. The tree was introduced to Florida in 1911 by the USDA, it originated from Asia, specifically India and Burma. It has become established in Maritime hammocks, lake margins, flatwoods and rocklands throughout Central and Southern Florida. It is similar to the Malabar Plum </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Syzygium </i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">jambos but can be distinguished by the different sized leaves and fruit. It is treated by the state of Florida as an invasive species. It can be found growing from Sea Level to 6000 feet above in the tropics. It grows best in areas with very high rain or humidity levels.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UgVyMx-nSs9ttzE0N9yhpjPmLUvCtNpt9hxCy80wvNJyHaZf55JFinexctNuyNJVCT0bC_0ECcfPkhC-RSfB1cFx31GpFS6WSRSvOltFBcASAka00bf3uqRgicWyejAjFA6Y4H6bhQU/s384/5420642-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UgVyMx-nSs9ttzE0N9yhpjPmLUvCtNpt9hxCy80wvNJyHaZf55JFinexctNuyNJVCT0bC_0ECcfPkhC-RSfB1cFx31GpFS6WSRSvOltFBcASAka00bf3uqRgicWyejAjFA6Y4H6bhQU/s320/5420642-WEB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRkcpVfBeq7rKrW1zXo0JI7GMZKwxU89pY-lJvYu57AMiCUCA_vHmg9NbPBzhmCwHuHInIHSYwwmgMTkW6cPAW1QPLZv6X4ZRNDn8HttlvQ2HuQQoXa6LpcBYjsNC-rbr0Uk1YuApQGY/s384/5420643-WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRkcpVfBeq7rKrW1zXo0JI7GMZKwxU89pY-lJvYu57AMiCUCA_vHmg9NbPBzhmCwHuHInIHSYwwmgMTkW6cPAW1QPLZv6X4ZRNDn8HttlvQ2HuQQoXa6LpcBYjsNC-rbr0Uk1YuApQGY/s320/5420643-WEB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The leaves of the Java Plum are opposite, simple, thick, leathery, elliptic or oblong in shape with a rounded base and tip. The upper surface of the leaves are lustrous and dark green in color with visible yellow lateral veins, the lower surface is a yellow-green in color and duller in sheen. Leaf blades are 7-18 cm long and 3-10 cm broad with a light yellow petiole of 5-25 mm long. The leaves are said to smell similar to turpentine when crushed. The flowers are individually small in size only reaching 7 mm long, with 4 petals, fused in a rounded cap that opens and exposes a mass of white or pink threadlike stamens. The flowers are produced in clusters 5-6cm long on the wood of the previous year. Flowers on the Java Plum occur year round. The fruit is fleshy with a single seed, it occurs as a oblong or ellipsoid berry that is 1-2.5 cm long and 2 cm in diameter. When young the fruit is green becoming pink, red and then a purple-black. The fruit matures year round the same as the flowers. The pulp ranges from purple to white and is very juicy, with a sweet flavor in high quality varieties to astringent flavor in poorer varieties.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com/java%20plum%20fruit.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The products of the Java Plum are used for various purposes. The fruit is used to make wine and vinegar, they are also a high source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C. The fruit seeds are used in alternate healing processes, Unani and Chinese Medicine (digestive ailments) and Ayurveda (diabetes control).</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div id="" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-17022371924371770392023-11-10T15:00:00.002-05:002023-11-10T15:00:00.149-05:00"Dragon's Claw" or "Corkscrew" Willow - Salix matsudana<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The "Dragon's Claw" or "Corkscrew" Willow - Salix matsudana - is a cultivar of the Chinese (Babylon) Willow. This cultivar grows very fast from cuttings made from the youngest (and often most curly) shoots. It is considered medium to large in size and is a deciduous tree that grows in a primarily upright fashion. Chinese Willow's have a relatively short lifespan, estimated between 40-75 years in the wild. The Chinese Willow is a Native of Northeastern China. It has been planted heavily as an ornamental in the United States, Europe and Australia, so is seen often outisde of it's native area. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aKJs_tiwZLvwyqLduTpaqT85pg5RrOg0nA2nZl0XbbfYcwAIhi4g9Xe2Zkav8ADmgpsOk-8ttTLkr4Ntx85o-C-llN1H38OWWR4CEk8r53xmG3RL9cFX0RONjFfw7-3W-yjaUNM80ZM/s767/5390014-PPT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="508" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aKJs_tiwZLvwyqLduTpaqT85pg5RrOg0nA2nZl0XbbfYcwAIhi4g9Xe2Zkav8ADmgpsOk-8ttTLkr4Ntx85o-C-llN1H38OWWR4CEk8r53xmG3RL9cFX0RONjFfw7-3W-yjaUNM80ZM/s320/5390014-PPT.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavW_QYNMByIGXAwcK4zX5RH_Dqu_gOWanxGUO4XRlUgRG3eVOhVbLwt_nJslAzvKtSDWUlGmucPMVaYcGEkmV-Uj_ueaAjgK-GcGVw-B8aG21hqKx9bSFQXzifnqushDAYtPW4_zcXDM/s768/5390016-PPT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavW_QYNMByIGXAwcK4zX5RH_Dqu_gOWanxGUO4XRlUgRG3eVOhVbLwt_nJslAzvKtSDWUlGmucPMVaYcGEkmV-Uj_ueaAjgK-GcGVw-B8aG21hqKx9bSFQXzifnqushDAYtPW4_zcXDM/s320/5390016-PPT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Photo 1 & 2<b> Image Citations: </b>Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The leaves of this variety come out early in the Spring and often hold on well into December. Even in Winter when the tree is bare the interest of the curls and curves in the branches remain, making it a beautiful year round addition to any landscape. The leaves are green in color and when flattened look similar to the more common types of Willow (Weeping, Babylon and Coastal). The female and male flowers appear as Catkins and are always on different trees. The branches are often used in floral arrangements or even as bonsai because of their unique curling habits.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Corkscrew Willow is available at most major nursery's and makes a lovely addition to any landscape. It may also be sold as a Dragon's Claw Willow or Curly Willow.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Learn more about tree varieties<a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"> www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or<a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://www.meetatree.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"> www.MeetaTree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com1Gibson Island, MD 21056, USA39.0681221 -76.438954910.757888263821151 -111.5952049 67.378355936178849 -41.2827049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-36396487588786283602023-11-09T15:32:00.002-05:002023-11-09T15:32:00.138-05:00West Indian Mahogany - Swietenia mahagoni<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The West Indian Mahogany - Swietenia mahagoni, is best recognized by the fissured brown bark, leaves with curved leaflets and large fruit capsule. It is a evergreen or semi deciduous tree that reaches heights of 50-85 feet and grows in an erect fashion with a broad crown. It is native to subtropical hammocks, commonly grown in private gardens, along roadsides and in highway medians in South Florida. The Swietenia is a small genus of only 3 species distributed in tropical West Africa and tropical America. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY770s4RLXHxdSJGFrxsCl5pnrventUQlSb2Z15XeX6cXTFX7STm96bStUx3sCT3twTz5_X36Ntw-yB9gtmQ-tzIBbhpoLACLluK0kCtCvI3btOM9CLOI4Y2iGHisyQ6ROWX3D02BaGG4/s1600/Leaves_I_IMG_6237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY770s4RLXHxdSJGFrxsCl5pnrventUQlSb2Z15XeX6cXTFX7STm96bStUx3sCT3twTz5_X36Ntw-yB9gtmQ-tzIBbhpoLACLluK0kCtCvI3btOM9CLOI4Y2iGHisyQ6ROWX3D02BaGG4/s320/Leaves_I_IMG_6237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: By I, J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2602302">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2602302</a></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;">The bark of the West Indian Mahogany is brownish and smooth when young, becoming reddish brown and fissured at maturity. The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, absent of a terminal leaflet, with blades of 6-8 cms long and 4-8 leaflets (rarely as many of 20), usually recurved and asymmetric at the base. The upper leaf surfaces are a lustrous green, while the underside is a more yellow-green or brown-green. The flowers are uni sexual, 5-7 mm in diameter, 5 sepals, 5 petals and are orange-yellow or green-yellow in color. Male and female flowers both appear on the the same tree, the male have long non functional pistils, the females short pistils, 10 stamens with filaments fused into a tube surrounding the pistil. The fruit are a large egg shaped brown capsule that ranges in size from 6-13 cm long, each fruit splits into 5 parts that release numerous flat winged seeds. Both the fruit and flowers occur/appear year round. </div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_TrvAGhV94bz9xxQOh0dSXoEkyVv5pdCV-MaO7yKaf7WxR1WP_QeguhZQeifuqQOaB0nY38CaDdaRSDOiWNXkF-1RtcUU-NjnQ6HA7nZWtSwsFtSSOfIOXFKHRJdGSaNeGQ_I7jfM8I/s1600/Bark_I_IMG_6223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_TrvAGhV94bz9xxQOh0dSXoEkyVv5pdCV-MaO7yKaf7WxR1WP_QeguhZQeifuqQOaB0nY38CaDdaRSDOiWNXkF-1RtcUU-NjnQ6HA7nZWtSwsFtSSOfIOXFKHRJdGSaNeGQ_I7jfM8I/s320/Bark_I_IMG_6223.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Image Citation: By I, J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2602298">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2602298</a></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website<a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/"> www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">www.MeetATree.com </a></div></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com1Brooklyn Park, MD 21225, USA39.2213396 -76.612388410.911105763821155 -111.7686384 67.531573436178846 -41.4561384tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-26644214132644757082023-11-06T14:28:00.002-05:002023-11-06T14:28:00.132-05:00Golden Dewdrops - Duranta erecta<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Golden Dewdrops - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Duranta erecta</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">, are most easily identified by their brilliant sky blue colored flowers and bright yellow fruit. They originated in the West Indies but have been naturalized from South Florida to East/Central Texas. In the United States they are found primarily on disturbed sites, pine lands, and hammocks from 0-100 m. An evergreen shrub, occasional vine or rarely a small tree they reach heights of only 20 feet.</span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR8yZn1sjd8aNjjS_8L8Rwk_WTZ3z8nmHD8p419HUfYYRQ42uB2C1VlKW9rP1I3ddNPLydjZ1D9L5apOy1wK3jh5eqogia_RQGIYfRCcjyMDv66pwyHD5jhS5uU7oATZyQHYHkQRCpxU/s1600/Golden+Dewdrops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR8yZn1sjd8aNjjS_8L8Rwk_WTZ3z8nmHD8p419HUfYYRQ42uB2C1VlKW9rP1I3ddNPLydjZ1D9L5apOy1wK3jh5eqogia_RQGIYfRCcjyMDv66pwyHD5jhS5uU7oATZyQHYHkQRCpxU/s320/Golden+Dewdrops.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The unique sky blue flowers are about 1cm in diameter, with 5 petals each, borne in an elongated raceme ranging in size from 5-15 cm long. The flowers occur year round. The fruit is a round yellow drupe that matures year round an averages about 1.5 cm in diameter. The leaves are opposite, simple, elliptic or egg shaped, tapered to a short point at the tip. The bark is simple and gray when young, becoming fissured and rough with age.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Golden Dewdrops is a member of the Vervain (Verbenaceae) family that includes roughly 35 genera and 1000 unique species found in only topical and sub tropical regions. This family includes many colorful ornamentals and recent research shows this family is closely related to the Lamiaceae (mints & teak are in this family).</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetATree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Daniels, MD 21043, USA39.2369558 -76.79135579999999123.576868719011696 -94.369480799999991 54.897042880988295 -59.213230799999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-29419790367050504082023-11-01T14:23:00.002-04:002023-11-01T14:23:00.156-04:00Sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Sparkleberry - </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Vaccinium arboreum</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">, is best recognized by the combination of reddish bark, bell shaped flowers and lustrous green leaves with a tiny point on the tip. It is an evergreen in most locations or late deciduous in colder climates. It grows in an upright fashion small bush or tree form. It is native to North America, dry sandy woodlands, thickets and clearings. It is widespread on the East Coast of North America, found from Ontario in the North and Florida in the South, West through Kansas and Eastern Texas. </span></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUd51uJLw7WYp-6aWBRdYwX3DmhObTqBypUwb7QpiC1OBg-lnAcPXHFfMeEeFV6CsYqbFKNW1I15EJgNEUZZY7zM2AMdN9VB1OjIf0avj3NXel5AZlCCaYW6F-SFGViC7OAfTRVsOEOs/s768/1380413-PPT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUd51uJLw7WYp-6aWBRdYwX3DmhObTqBypUwb7QpiC1OBg-lnAcPXHFfMeEeFV6CsYqbFKNW1I15EJgNEUZZY7zM2AMdN9VB1OjIf0avj3NXel5AZlCCaYW6F-SFGViC7OAfTRVsOEOs/s320/1380413-PPT.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citation: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The bark is reddish brown to molted gray in color that often peels in plates or sheets. The leaves are alternate simply shaped and firm in texture, the upper surfaces are lustrous and dark green in color. The flowers are white in color, usually around 4 mm long and cup shaped. The flowers occur in the Spring Season. The fruit is a black berry that is dry in texture and 5-9 mm in diameter occurring in late Summer to early Autumn. </div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees and shrubs on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.ArundelTreeService.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.MeetATree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Lake Shore, MD 21123, USA39.17 -76.50999999999999110.859766163821156 -111.66624999999999 67.480233836178854 -41.353749999999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-74867523112872772122023-10-26T14:05:00.001-04:002023-10-26T14:05:00.141-04:00Sawtooth Oak - Quercus acutissima<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">The Sawtooth Oak - Quercus acutissima is most easily recognized by it's fringed acorn cup and narrow leave with bristle tipped teeth, resembling the teeth of a saw. It is a fast growing, deciduous shade tree that can reach heights of 30- 70 feet tall. Sawtooth Oak grows in an erect fashion with a single trunk and dense rounded crown. Originally introduced from Asia, generally found in planned landscapes and is reported to be naturalized in scattered areas from Pennsylvania South to North Carolina and Georgia, South to Louisiana. Sawtooth Oak is primarily planted for wildlife cover and food due to it's abundant fruit and fast growth habit. This species is sometimes used for urban and highway beautification as it is tolerant of soil compaction, air pollution, and drought.</span></p><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVlXci3-QnqYswG9UpgL2tAnNB3WvPnrMeKK0YtGKKqVhVD7F8oTAglzNazFv45J7pd2GTiH90YNmZwlgQieNczZBmpAIl5GtntY_a0-8H5y9vv9JJscqT5Hm3E2PtBMSjkPIUe1FU_o/s1600/Sawtooth+Oak+wild.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVlXci3-QnqYswG9UpgL2tAnNB3WvPnrMeKK0YtGKKqVhVD7F8oTAglzNazFv45J7pd2GTiH90YNmZwlgQieNczZBmpAIl5GtntY_a0-8H5y9vv9JJscqT5Hm3E2PtBMSjkPIUe1FU_o/s320/Sawtooth+Oak+wild.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcqsboJ-i0Fub6m6M4KzfS04lt6yW88m3QCxVg3jne-cMgCCqSzsTZVeFt2ig_KWTWv2em7vXNBIFym47RrPuSvHr1Qeagp8B-gEhRFDLG_-ESiNhExlxMdb_XNJztA9H6kDm6bww8jM/s1600/sawtooth+Oak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcqsboJ-i0Fub6m6M4KzfS04lt6yW88m3QCxVg3jne-cMgCCqSzsTZVeFt2ig_KWTWv2em7vXNBIFym47RrPuSvHr1Qeagp8B-gEhRFDLG_-ESiNhExlxMdb_XNJztA9H6kDm6bww8jM/s320/sawtooth+Oak.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Image Citations (Photos 1 & 2): Richard Gardner, UMES, Bugwood.org</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Named for it's unique leaf edges, the Sawtooth Oak is a beautiful tree. The green leaves are alternate, simple, oblong or obvate, 12-16 pairs of sharp bristle tipped teeth, parallel veins and a lustrous upper surface and dull pale underside. The leaves add to the visual interest by beginning a brilliant yellow to golden yellow color in the Spring, turning dark lustrous green in summer and yellow to golden brown in the fall. The bark is dark gray in color with light gray scales that become deeply furrowed with age. The fruit is in the form of an acorn, the cup encloses 1/3 - 2/3 of the 1-2.5 cm nut. The acorn rim is adorned with long spreading hairlike scales that form a distinctive fringe.</div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div id="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Recommended for hardiness zones 5-9, the Sawtooth Oak can be found at most larger nurseries within those zones. Sawtooth Oak is also considered to be easily transplanted and hardy making it a wise choice for any landscape with room for a large spreading shade tree. It is similar to the Chinquapin Oak Castanea pumila in appearance, distinguished primarily by the difference in fruit.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="https://www.arundeltreeservice.com/" mce_href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.ArundelTreeService.com</a> or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_href="http://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/" mce_target="_blank" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Annapolis, MD 21409, USA39.0125103 -76.444739710.702276463821157 -111.6009897 67.322744136178841 -41.2884897tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154837313303158343.post-42487502305552028852023-10-24T13:35:00.002-04:002023-10-24T13:35:00.143-04:00Pitch Pine - Pinus rigida<p> <span style="text-align: center;">The Pitch Pine - </span><i style="text-align: center;">Pinus rigida</i><span style="text-align: center;"> is a 3 needle pine with random or adventitious branch habit and clustered cones. The tree can grow either upright or with a crooked trunk, always with an irregularly shaped rounded crown. Reaching heights upwards of 100 feet and 36 inches dbh (diameter at breast height) at maturity. It is native to upland or lowland sites that may considered otherwise infertile, sandy dry or even boggy type soils are all suitable for the Pitch Pine. It can be found at elevations ranging from 0-1400 m from Georgia in the South to Maine and Quebec in the North. The Pitch Pine is the dominant tree in the Pine barren forest of New Jersey, however in the rest of it's growth region it is secondary to the Virginia (Scrub) Pine, Table Mountain Pine, Eastern White Pine, Atlantic White Cedar, and various types of Oak (depending on the region).</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHap4-ZmlYWm6xbrCDQxkuISrl_g3lYc2SpN1QJDAl7ZQruYQJs7RHyJFnSKthM_isGojoQkRoFwoTpIFKo0kjcUdlXvg1V5d0deQvhb-dHP_7zKpPsCy1Aw456TWPy4UE6UbKwGxof_k/s1600/pine+pitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHap4-ZmlYWm6xbrCDQxkuISrl_g3lYc2SpN1QJDAl7ZQruYQJs7RHyJFnSKthM_isGojoQkRoFwoTpIFKo0kjcUdlXvg1V5d0deQvhb-dHP_7zKpPsCy1Aw456TWPy4UE6UbKwGxof_k/s320/pine+pitch.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image Citation: T. Davis Sydnor, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Pitch Pine has the ability to resprout even when cut off at the base of the tree, this makes it extremely hardy and able to survive even after forest fires which can kill off anything green. The wood of the Pitch Pine is considered to be decay resistant, this is due to the high resin content. Pitch Pine lumber has been used in Ship Building, for Mine Props, as Railway ties and distilled to produce Pitch. Pitch Pine is considered to be ecologically important in its native range as it is an important forest tree and the seeds are a foraging source for wildlife in the Winter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bark of the Pitch Pine is red-brown in color and deeply furrowed with long irregularly shaped, flat scaly ridges. The needles are 5-10 cm long straight, stiff, sharp and a deep green to yellow green in color, occurring in bundles of 3 (rarely 5) that are held within a sheath that is 9-12 mm long. The pollen cone in approximately 20 mm long and yellow in color, while the seed cone is often clustered 3-9 cm long and a light reddish brown color. Cones on the Pitch Pine can remain on the tree for many years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNbkbANJhvg4xPFNF7TJmeqYFFIbomBHhlvW_A0dMPK89v2raR1NiCENgKwXBHoLacPjne1MKim9zwZN8K0xld92vd75akXquV3zv7eGCc_X_8RdlFgIZuGRTt9FeroBBMnAQZIvHSDw/s1600/Pitch+Pine+cone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNbkbANJhvg4xPFNF7TJmeqYFFIbomBHhlvW_A0dMPK89v2raR1NiCENgKwXBHoLacPjne1MKim9zwZN8K0xld92vd75akXquV3zv7eGCc_X_8RdlFgIZuGRTt9FeroBBMnAQZIvHSDw/s320/Pitch+Pine+cone.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Image Citation: Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet more trees on our website <a href="http://www.arundeltreeservice.com/">www.ArundelTreeService.com </a>or follow our blog <a href="https://arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com/">arundeltreeservice.meetatree.com</a></div>Arundel Tree Servicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587241874543840928noreply@blogger.com0Severn, MD 21144, USA39.1214169 -76.67592210.811183063821154 -111.832172 67.431650736178852 -41.519672