Notice the Birds and Trees in Your Local Park
My short article, “Notice the birds and trees in your local park with new guide,” is live on The Village Sun website.
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The Mast Year
There are gluts of acorns on the ground right now. This year looks like a mast year for oaks–a bumper crop of acorns. Mast is used to describe the fruit of woody plants associated with forests. A mast year refers to the simultaneous, abundant fruit production within a population of trees. How big is a […]
Women Who Speak for Urban Trees and Plants
You wouldn’t know that my first love is trees by reading the last five posts on this blog! Although I’ve focused on birds lately, my interest for trees is still strong. I want to switch gears towards my plant passion. I was inspired by Bryony Angell, a birding writer or authorly birder, who has been […]
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Washington Square Park Tree Index by Genus
Cataloguing tree diversity in the park was a founding goal of Washington Square Park Eco Projects. Eco Projects launched with an online map of the park’s trees. In addition, I have been interested in a management plan for the park since I began to explore it. Currently the tree map does not filter by genus […]
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New York City Trees by the Books
There are several internet-based pathways to learn about and to engage with the trees of New York City. The online NYC Street Tree Map, the result of the third decennial street tree census administered by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, allows you to visualize each of the 680,851 trees (as of 12/7/17) in the […]
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Books about Witness Trees
A witness tree can be an ordinary mark on a surveyor’s map or an observer of extraordinary events. Trees used to indicate the corners of parcels in land surveys conducted in the thirteen east coast colonies were classified as “witness trees.” The historic moniker has been adopted by the National Park Service (NPS) to designate […]
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