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Volume 18, Number 3 JJTheOO Official URURPublication of the OhioNALNAL Tree Farm System Summer 2011
Inside This Issue
Call Before You Cut
Asian Longhorned Beetle
A Tree Planting Success Story
Kudzu… In Ohio?
2011 Paul Bunyan Show
Small, Small Trees
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Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 2 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 3 Perspectives
received some very edition of The Ohio Woodland Journal comes out, we will he “Budget” is the word of the times, or maybe it is better In addition to accomplishing land management goals, sustain- Iexciting news awhile be close to knowing if the Langes or John received these Tput – the lack of! As July 1 rapidly approaches, we all are able harvesting has economic benefits as well. When the state back about Walt prestigious awards. The only national winner from Ohio is sitting on pins and needles awaiting our piece of the pie. The sells timber, the county and township in the area where the and Donna Lange John Schmidt, who was recognized as the 1989 Tree Farmer Governor’s proposed budget left the Division of Forestry state forest exists each receives 16.25% and the local school winning the North of the Year. Ohio has had eight Regional Tree Farmers since 7.6% less in General Revenue Funds (GRF). At the time of system receives 32.5% of the revenue. During times when Central Regional the inception of the award in 1975 and four Regional this writing while the proposed budget is still in the legislative local governments are receiving GRF cuts, this money will be Tree Farmer of Year Inspectors since 2000. process, the House removed an additional $130,000 from our important to these entities. The state does not pay property award, representing GRF account. This appears to reflect the downward trend taxes, so this is a very important revenue stream for the lo- the 11 state area The very rainy spring has given many of us Ohio Tree Farmers most GRF-dependent agencies are experiencing. cal schools and governments. There are also many beneficial including Minnesota, phenomenal growth in our forests. Here is hoping you all spin-offs. For instance, sustainable harvesting supports logging Wisconsin, Nebraska, got most of your spring and summer forestry work done, On top of these reductions, there is almost an equal amount company jobs. The logging companies purchase equipment, I o w a , K a n s a s , and the brisk winds and spotty flooding did not damage too that will be lost in timber revenue. In the past two years, the fuel, parts and supplies locally. Logs will be trucked to the mill Missouri, Illinois, many crop trees. We all would have been grateful to share division charged an average of 47% of our timber revenue in using trucking companies. The logs will support mill jobs to Indiana, Michigan, some of our abundant moisture with Florida, Texas, and a costs. Starting this year we will be charging a maximum of produce the lumber. Most lumber will be exported, support- and Kentucky. Ohio few other places that suffered from the lack of enough rain. 15% to the cost. ing the trucking and shipping businesses. Some of the lumber will be well represented at the National Tree Farmer But, of course, we do not have any control over such matters. will be used to support domestic secondary manufacturing Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico this year, What this adds up to is about a one million dollar reduc- jobs. The shipping industry will benefit from the transport Hope all of you have enjoyed a fun summer and are getting boasting both Regional Tree Farmer the Langes and Regional tion for the coming year. However, nothing is final until the of products back to the consumer, who will eventfully enjoy ready for some cooler weather to accomplish your fall work Inspector John Jolliff. We Buckeyes lucky enough to attend Governor signs the budget bill into law. the end product. All this is just a small aspect of what we can in the woods. will experience an exciting convention. The National Tree do to keep Ohio’s economy rebounding. Farmer of the Year will be announced at the evening banquet Just like other organizations in tough financial times, the Janet Sweigart, on the last evening of the convention. By the time this Division of Forestry is adjusting plans and strategies, but our As we move forward with this goal, it will not be without Chairperson, Ohio Tree Farm Committee direction and mission remain the same – we will continue opposition from some, but there will be support by others. to manage and protect Ohio’s state forests in a sustainable However, the Division of Forestry feels this is the right thing Taking in the Sites manner, and will promote proper management techniques to do for the resource and the economy. http://www.beetlebusters.info/ Calendar of Events... for Ohio’s private and urban forest lands. http://www.agri.ohio.gov/TopNews/asianbeetle/ Robert Boyles, docs/ALB_quarantine_map.pdf August 15, 2011 October 1, 2011 One of the division’s goals over the next few years is to phase-in Chief, ODNR Division of Forestry Managing Grasslands for Ohio Tree Farmer of the Year an increase in the amount of timber that will be harvested on http://beetledetectives.com/ Wildlife Tour state forests. As always, these harvests will be based on good Asian Longhorn Beetle Gwynne Conservation Area Meadowview Farm London, Ohio Athens Co. science that helps us to accomplish land management goals, www.woodlandstewards.osu.edu/ (see ad in this issue of the OWJ) including improving the health and vigor of the forests while www.bugs.osu.edu classes/ OSU Extension October 7-9, 2011 ensuring that the rate of harvest remains well below the rate tes Duplicatestes tes tes tes September 17, 2011 The Paul Bunyan Show of growth. Each sale has to fit our mission and long-range ica ica ica ica ica http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown- Ohio Chapter-American Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds desired future condition, and we must have adequateDupl hu- DuplIf you are receivingDupl duplicateDupl copies Dupl marmorated-stink-bug Chestnut Foundation Cambridge, Ohio The Wilds www.ohioforest.org man resources to perform the work. All sales will be placed of The Ohio Woodland Journal, please Penn State fact sheet in the forest work plans and will be presented to the public Cumberland, Ohio October 15, 2011 be patient with us. The mailing list is a www.oh-acf.org http://ppdc.osu.edu/ Licking Co. Forestry Field Day for input. If our sales do not meet these criteria we will not compilation of several confidential lists, The C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Jim Kiracofe, sell the timber. September 20-22, 2011 Licking SWCD making duplicates difficult to manage. Clinic (CWEPPDC) Farm Science Review (740) 670-5330 Please share your extra copies with a Molly Curen Ag Center Our plan is to increase our harvest to no more than 40% of http://www.dawesarb.org/ London, Ohio October 21-22, 2011 our annual growth. Our current ten-year average is roughly neighboring woodland owner, or leave one www.fsr.osu.edu The Dawes Arboretum, Newark Forest Heritage Festival 17% of what we grow or around 7.5 million board feet per year in a well-visited magazine rack. Someone Tuscarawas Co. Fairgrounds else may gain a better appreciation of Ohio’s http://www.hmr.com/Public/Default.aspx Dover, Ohio on the 165,000 acres that we have available for management. www.forestheritagefestival.com/ renewable natural resources. Thank you! Hardwood Market Report We currently are growing 39,988,754 board feet per year. Visit www.ohiowoodlandstewards.osu.edu for updates on landowner events. Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 4 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 5 Lange Tree Farm Tour A Tree Planting ssStory by Martin Michel, 9.25.2011 Selective Forestry Service Tree Farm Committee member Bob Wilson Succe helps youngsters make their souvenir tree cookie ndividual trees and plantations that start growing faster Jolliff made a wise decision when he planned to mix species at the 2010 Lange Tree Farm Tour held in Ioften continue to outgrow the competition and reach the in the planting. During planting in 2000, two rows of Swanton. Donna and Walt Lange are the greatest size. After eleven years, Wayne and Jane Dalton’s a species were usually succeeded by two rows of another North Central Regional Tree Farmers of the “Oxbow Planting” continues to be a fast grower. The forty- species. This compensated for rapidly changing soil drainage Year, and they are in the running for national acre planting occupies an area of Lobdell soil on an old conditions. The burr oaks seem to tolerate the wetter areas. recognition at the August national convention. oxbow along the Vermilion River in Huron County. In these wet areas, the walnut and tuliptree are stunted or This year’s Ohio Tree Farmer of the Year is dead. On the better drained soils, many of the walnut and When I first wrote about the planting forThe Ohio Woodland Steve Stone, who is hosting the annual tuliptrees are close to forty feet tall and six inches diameter Journal in 2002, I attributed its initial success to: tree farm tour at his at chest height. White pines, costing 15 cents per tree in Meadowview Farm Celebration family’s Meadowview 1) good soil drainage and fertility, 2) careful planning, 2000, remain an inexpensive and beautiful trainer for the Farm in Athens County 3) waiting for optimum planting conditions, 4) a planting more valuable walnuts, tuliptrees and oaks. The pines spread Congratulations to out laterally and force the hardwoods to grow upright. Steve Stone, owner of Meadowview Farm, on October 1. See the machine that is adequate for hardwoods and 5) good luck for being Ohio’s 2011 Tree Farmer of the Year! notice on page X for with weather. Looking back on the days of planting there, At age eleven, the fast-growing young forest is changing due To celebrate this fantastic achievement, we are honoring more details, and mark I can also remember large and healthy seedlings from both to competition. Wayne’s decision to plant at 6 by 8 foot your calendar! Zanesville and Marietta State Seedling Nurseries. his family’s efforts with a full day of events. spacing has resulted in an unusually high number of straight, Nine years later, Division of Forestry service forester John un-forked trees. The white pine was the first to grow together On Saturday, October 1 Jolliff estimates that throughout the planting, survival is still and crowd out the weeds. As they begin to close canopies, st you are invited to join us from for 9:00fun, educational,am – 5:00 pm, 90 to 95 percent, except in the wetter areas. This past spring, the shade-intolerant walnuts and tuliptrees are the first to and inspiring activities at the tree farm! those wetter areas were deeper than the tops of my boots. Survival rates appear similar between the walnut, burr oak, There will be food, crafts, kid’s activities, local artists and vendors, tuliptree and white pine planted there. educational workshops, and plenty of tours. Forestry and wildlife tours are offered throughout the day. You will see maple syrup operations, crop tree release, food plots, and wildlife habitats. John Jolliff, the Ohio Tree Farm Committee’s 2011 Educational displays will be provided by American Electric Power, Inspector of the Year, was re- Ohio Division of Forestry, Hocking College, Wayne National Forest, Ohio cently awarded the American Division of Wildlife, Athens County Soil & Water, Ohio National Guard, Tree Farm System (ATFS) Hocking College, and many local businesses. 2011 North Central Region Inspector of the Year award To get to the farm, park at Hocking College, 3301 Hocking Parkway, (covering an 11-state region), Nelsonville, OH 45764. Hocking College is providing shuttles to making him eligible for consideration as the nation’s and from the farm throughout the event. top tree farm inspector of Parking is not available at Meadowview Farm. 2011. The national winner will be announced in August THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! at the National Tree Farmer Convention in Albuquerque, For more information, contact 740. 797. 9686 New Mexico. Jolliff is a service forester for ODNR Division “It’s not about what you will do with the land. It’s about of Forestry and works with landowners in an eight county what the land is supposed to do with you.” Steve Stone area in north-central Ohio. He Tree Farm Tour is pictured on the next two Forester John Jolliff with an eleven-year-old pages of this edition of Forester John Jolliff with a row of burr oaks, which are well adapted walnut sapling. The volunteer cottonwood Boxes throughout issue: The Ohio Woodland Journal. for growth in poorly-drained areas. was cut to release the walnut. Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 6 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 7
Don’t forget the Meadowview Tree Farm Tour October 1. See ad on page X. self-prune their lower branches. Within rows of tuliptrees, some individuals are only two to three inches diameter, while the dominants are approaching six inches diameter. In "It's a Tough World Out There!" some instances, faster-growing tuliptrees are causing the neighboring walnuts to lean away at a ten to twenty degree angle. Overall, we are pleased with the high percentage of promising crop trees. About one-third of the planting was colonized by volunteer cottonwoods. In 2002, they were equal in height to most planted trees. Now, they are ten feet taller and dominating the wetter areas. On its best day, cottonwood is a low value tree. Where the planted trees are still competitive, we are now cutting the cottonwoods. Where the planted trees are growing slowly due to poor drainage, we will grow cottonwood. The planting will provide a wide range of wildlife benefits. The burr oak acorns are valuable as food for deer and other wildlife. Walnuts are also useful to some species. Deer continue to browse some seedlings, as well as browsing sprouts from Use a Master Logger and stumps of trees that we are cutting. Use the Best! On one side, the planting is bordered Martin G. Michel, by a wildlife food plot and a vernal Ohio Master Logging Companies: Registered Consulting Forester pool resulting from the old oxbow • Have voluntarily completed a company certification filled with water. Food, water, and program. 926 County Road 1754 • Ashland, Ohio 44805 cover will all be available to resident • Receive training in safe and efficient logging practices. 419-289-3114 • Toll Free 1-877-266-2200 • Will provide liability insurance at Landowner’s request. wildlife. Jolliff with rows of yellow- • Attend periodic advanced training and recertification poplar saplings, planted at The Dalton’s Oxbow Plantation is still 6x8 feet. Tight spacing plus courses to maintain certification and remain up to the best that I helped to plant. It continues good growth yields straight date on the most current practices and technologies of to teach us about good tree planting trees. the logging industry. practices, effects of soil drainage on seedling growth, and competition between planted Ohio and volunteer trees. Jane and son Kevin For information on joining Voluntary Dalton can be proud of it. I know Wayne the OFA or to find a Master Master Logging would be proud if he was here. Logger visit Company www.ohioforest.org Program From 1989 to 1998, Michel was a service forester for the Ohio Division of Forestry in Erie, Huron, Richland and Crawford Counties. Since then, he is a consulting forester based in north-central Ohio. Photos courtesy of the author.
Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 8 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 9 What Does the 2011 Farm Science Review Have for You Kathy Smith, ?OSU Extension Program Director - Forestry he 2011 Farm Science Review is September 20, 21, 22 Haven’t been to the Gwynne before? Well, then hop on a Tat the Molly Caren Agricultural Center outside London, shuttle at the west end of Friday Avenue and take a short Ohio. During the three days of the Review, the Gwynne ride over to the Conservation Area. We are the first stop Conservation Area offers a variety of landowner-focused once you leave the main exhibit area of Farm Science Review. educational programs and educational displays. Experts We look forward to seeing you there! in a wide variety of subjects are on hand every day to help answer your puzzling natural resource questions.
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seed pods up to three inches long. Each seed pod can have three to ten hard seeds. The young vines are covered with fine yel- lowish hairs, and the older vines can get Got acreage? up to four inches in diameter. The main method of spread for kudzu is through Earn extra $$$ runners underground, although it can • Let the pros lease hunting rights to your property also spread by seed. • Liability insurance included! • Call for a FREE quote and landowner packet The longer kudzu is allowed to grow in an area, the harder it will be to control. Early detection and control is the best option, and hopefully, with your help, we can em- ploy the “early detection – early control” hen looking at a picture [like the one above], one might technique throughout the entire state of Ohio. By locating Wthink we’ve moved to the Southern United States. isolated patches of this invasive vine now, we may be able Trees draped in vines with bright showy purple flowers and to limit its spread and control it before it establishes a firm large, tri-part leaves belong somewhere like Alabama, right? foothold in the native forests of our state. Kudzu has already Unfortunately, this photo was taken in south-central Ohio, been discovered across Ohio, from the extreme southern and similar scenes can be found across the state. The “vine point of Lawrence County as far north as Cuyahoga County Coldwell Timber Consulting, LLC. that ate the South” is working its way north, and is finding and many counties in between. 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Support OWJ Advertisers . . . They Support the OWJ! Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 14 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 15 John Rockenbaugh Wildlife Specialist - Union SWCD Woods & Wildlife by David Apsley, Ohio Tree Farm 2174 Call Before You Cut Ohio State University Extension Humble beginnings in eight SE Ohio counties planned to update the Call Before You Cut brochure. The chal- lenge was how to handle the alphabet soup of organizations and he seed for Call Before You Cut was planted back in the mid to agencies, and the explosion in the number of web sites with valu- Tlate 1990s in Athens County. In 1998, Rural Action and the able information for woodland owners. Progress was slow but Sustainable Forestry Advisory Board, with the help of Dave Schatz, steady when a challenge and offer of support to make Call Before Tree Farmer and then an administrator with the Ohio Division of You Cut a state-wide effort came from Andy Ware, then assistant Forestry, launched Call Before You Cut, a resource guide to forest chief of ODNR Division of Forestry. With 31 phone numbers for management for woodland owners. The goal was simple: help an eight-county area, it was obvious that listing phone numbers Quality Habitat 101 woodland owners make informed decisions about timber harvest- and web-addresses for every organization and agency providing A function of management, ing. The central message was to get assistance from an expert Ohio’s Tree Farms will provide support to woodland owners in Ohio’s 88 counties was not pos- before harvesting timber. A brochure was developed to provide wildlife adequate: sible. So the idea of creating a one-stop shop for timber harvesting · Food information and contacts to agencies and organizations serving information was born. There were many questions: How do we · Water woodland owners in an eight-county area around Athens. The get a toll-free number for Call Before You Cut? Where will it be · Shelter and attractive tri-fold brochure was packed with great advice about housed? Who will staff the phones? Who will pay the bills? How · Space, in a managing and harvesting woodlands, and listed a whopping 31 do we get the word out? What about a web page? · Suitable arrangement… phone numbers. Believe it or not, there were no web addresses at · Throughout the seasons. that time. Although the message was simple and clear, the maze Expansion to all of Ohio’s 88 counties of agencies and organizations that supported woodland owners was difficult for users to navigate, and it was hard keeping the Representatives from ODNR Division of Forestry, Rural Ac- brochure current. The idea was novel, however, and received tion Sustainable Forestry, and Ohio State University Extension the greatest complement of all by being copied in several states. explored the idea of a state-wide Call Before You Cut campaign. They recruited more than a dozen partners and dedicated fund- In 2005, Rural Action’s Sustainable Forestry Advisory Board ing to set up the toll-free Call Before You Cut hot line, develop Your woods are like an old friend. Get informed about your land and do right by it. You and your family should enjoy it now and in the future.
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Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 16 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 17 a web page, assemble information packets, design marketing materials like the list of the 10 Reasons to Call Before You Cut by Lee Crocker, ODNR Division of Forestry or Healthy Woods Grow on Good Advice (see box on page 20), Get Informed and to spread the word. The new and expanded version of Call Before You Cut was officially unveiled at the 2006 Farm Science Review in London. The initiative was supported by Ohio and he main goal of the Call Before You Cut program is to provide During the 33 years of my forestry career, I have tried to give had gathered enough information and ended up having a bad national news media, 17 billboards along Ohio’s highways, and a Twoodland owners with more information about how to take woodland owners information so they can make decisions about experience. The Call Before You Cut program grew out of the radio ad featuring the voice of Ohio’s only National Tree Farmer care of their woods. More woodland information will help you what is right for them and their land. I have seen many successes idea to get more information about the woods into the hands of of the Year recipient, John Schmidt. The radio ad played 2,000 make good decisions about what is best for you and your land. when they made informed decisions about what to do. I clearly the owners. Woodland owners can then make good decisions times on the air waves. remember the family that was offered $80,000 in cash for their about what is right for them and their lands when armed with trees. They didn’t take the cash but called me for a woodland good information. If Dad was alive today, I am sure he would Now serving six states (550 counties) As a young man, my father faced the decision about what to do walk and more information about what they had and how to care contact Call Before You Cut to get one more piece of information with the Ripley County, Indiana family farm, just like some of you Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and West Virginia have all joined for it. A few years later they decided to sell and were pleased to to help him make the right decision for the family and the land. will face decisions about what to do with your woods. I remember get $125,000 from the trees that they sold. After getting more So if you have decided that you want to do what is right for you the call Before You Cut effort since 2008. The USDA Forest Ser- him telling me that he came to the decision that if he was going vice and The Sustaining Family Forests Initiative (SFFI) provided information, some landowners will decide the best thing for them and your land, please consider visiting the Call Before You Cut to farm, he was going to do it right. Having decided, he now to do at the time is to wait on a harvest. website at www.callb4ucut.com , or call toll free 1-877-424-8288 funding and support to expand and improve the effort. In order needed more information to know what was right for him. He to better understand woodland owners, six focus groups (two in for more information. contacted the Soil Conservation Service and attended monthly Most woodland owners only have one or two timber sales in their Ohio) were convened to learn about their willingness to ask for Farm Bureau meetings. He learned about rotating crops, soil ero- advice and to hone the Call Before You Cut message. Valuable lifetime, and it is important that they are well informed before Lee Crocker is the private lands administrator for the Ohio Division sion, soil fertility and so much more. He was getting informed they make these long-term decisions. I am saddened when I am of Forestry and a former chair of the Ohio Tree Farm Committee. results from the focus groups were used to design Call Before You about farming. By the time I came along, Dad had developed Cut templates for packet materials, web pages, billboards, busi- contacted by a landowner who rushed into a decision before they very strong beliefs about the importance of rotating crops and Photos courtesy of the author. ness cards, and posters for use in all six states. These materials preventing soil erosion. These strong beliefs were forged from feature vivid photographs of woodlands and four generations the various bits of information he had gathered from state, federal of the John Schmidt family. A single web page provides easy and other local groups. access to each participating state’s Call Before You Cut web site. Each state also maintains a toll-free Call Before You Cut phone The evolution of Call Before You Dad also had to decide how to take care of the woods even though Cut materials. From left to right number. More states have indicated an interest in joining this he was one of the more knowledgeable people in the community successful campaign. in chronological order: original when it came to trees. Dad and a neighbor went together and tri-fold brochure (1998) , poster If you are contemplating a timber harvest or are just seeking bought the first chainsaw in the township. I vividly remember used to promote Ohio’s ini- information about managing your woodland resources, don’t that two- man McCulloch with a 40-inch bar and a five horse tial state-wide effort hesitate to join the nearly 2000 woodland owners who have power motor. It was a beast and it was very scary to hang onto (2006), cur- visited the web site or phoned Ohio’s Call Before You Cut in the the handle. Having spent countless hours in the woods squirrel rent folder past 12 months. We’ll gladly send you a packet of information hunting, he knew almost all of the larger trees in our woods. As used in and answer your questions to help you make informed decisions a young boy I heard stories of special red oaks and white oaks. distribution about your woodland resources. I was taken to the stump of a 54 inch shagbark hickory, where of informa- stories were told about shotguns that could not knock a squirrel tion packet off of the higher limbs. My father made many pieces of furniture (2009), Go to www.callb4ucut.com or that filled our home from lumber sawn from the farm. In 1977, poster promot- 1-877-424-8288 despite all his previous knowledge about his woods, he needed ing current cam- call toll free to to make a decision about selling some trees. His first reaction paign (2011), and access good advice and resources was to get more information by contacting the state forester. As folder used to dis- a junior studying forest management at Purdue at the time, I tribute landowner to help you manage your woodlands. saw first hand the value of getting as much information as pos- property stewardship sible before making a long-term decision about the woods. The plans that includes Dave Apsley is Natural Resources Specialist for Ohio State University information we received helped us to have a successful timber Call Before You Cut Extension. Dave is headquartered in Jackson, and can be reached at sale. This information helped us sell the trees for considerably information inside and (740) 286-5044 extension 30, or [email protected]. more than what we were originally offered, and we were able to on back (2011). do what we thought was right by the woods during this harvest. Call Before You Cut was also featured on the cover of the Fall 2006 Since then we have had two more timber sales on the farm. Each edition of The Ohio Woodland Journal. timber sale we also sought the advice of the state forester in the area. And each sale we have been pleased with the way the land was taken care of.
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Lisa Bowers, Forest Health Program, ODNR Division of Forestry Orville Crocker and his The Story Unfolds: cousin felling a large red oak with a two man Asian Longhorned Beetle crosscut saw sometime Found in Ohio Trees in the late 1940s. It was May 26, 2011 and I had just received an interesting email 11 inches in diameter and were somewhat with four attached photographs from one of our Division of upright in habit. We inspected the three Forestry service foresters. The photos were part of a property-own- trees, each having various types of damage, and er inquiry and revealed damaged maple trees. The property owner noticed some cracks in the upright lead branches. This noticed that large pieces had broken out of the upper canopy of his could account for the limb failures, but we needed to determine maples and had fallen to the ground. After viewing the pictures, the cause. We accessed the canopy of the tree and noticed several it seemed clear that these were some kind of wood-boring insect, areas where woodpecker damage masked the true shape of some of and quite large ones by the look of the larval galleries. the normally 3/8 to ½ inch diameter exit holes. There were dark depressions, which were actually old oviposition sites. Many of The email was forwarded on to four colleagues, representing three the branch crotches were filled with old and newer frass, which different agencies, for their opinion. I decided to obtain the broken are wood shavings and sawdust produced by larvae feeding and Orville Crocker sawing a tree pieces from the landowner because it might still be possible to tunneling in the tree. Whatever it was, it was not just from one large cherry log harvested extract some insect life stages from them for identification. year’s damage. from the Ripley County, Indiana farm in 1996. The The broken pieces were transported by the Division of Forestry 36 inch diameter cherry tree to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) headquarters in produced over 2000 board Reynoldsburg, which is also the location of the C. Wayne Ellett feet. Plant & Pest Diagnostic Clinic. The samples were split, and several very large larvae and pupae were collected. Samples of the life stages were sent out to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) lab for identification.
Three ALB infested Freeman maples in Clermont County in early June, 2011. Notice the upper lead Healthy Woods Grow on Good Advice branches missing. • Learn if harvesting is right for you and your woods Photo courtesy of ODNR. • Harvest the proper trees • Receive expert advice from a professional forester • Save money on your taxes • Find the best logger for the job • Develop a harvest contract to protect you and your woods • Assure a healthy and diverse woodland for the future • Protect your soil and water; know your legal responsibilities Photo courtesy of Dave Sheltar, Ohio State University Extension. • Receive a competitive price for your timber • Ensure your overall satisfaction with the harvest The results of the initial investigation were so significant that they Call Before You Cut warranted a site visit. The ODA State Entomologist and I met with the Clermont County property owner. He directed us to Cracks in the maple bark and trunk present in See more color? the maple trees in an open lawn area. There were three Freeman upper tree lead branches. This issue of The Ohio Woodland Journal features four extra color pages for your enjoyment, maples planted in close proximity. Freeman maples are a hybrid between silver maple and red maple. These trees measured around thanks to the generosity of the Call Before You Cut Program. Photo courtesy of ODNR. Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 20 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 21 Focus on Forest Health
a multi-agency team effort, all trading information and trying to scooped up and put into vials – quite a bit larger than the ones delimit the area of infestation. I am used to using for collecting the invasive emerald ash borer. Many of the ALB infestations in the United States have been brought to officials’ attention by citizens. This shows the On Thursday, June 16th, a meeting was set by APHIS at an East The search continued to surrounding areas to scout for infested importance of public outreach. In this Ohio discovery, a co- Fork State Park conference room to determine this project’s goals. trees. The following day at a neighboring location, more than operative effort between the public, the Ohio Department of One goal was for certain, we had to find an adult beetle. Two 20 adult beetles were found. The adults were verified by USDA Natural Resources Division of Forestry, the Ohio Department of Division of Forestry sawyers arrived that morning. We had per- APHIS authorities, and an official news release announcing the Agriculture, the Ohio State University, and USDA APHIS has mission from the property owner to remove one of the Freeman discovery went out on Friday, June 17th. The expert tree climbers already made significant strides in getting this infestation under maples at the original site. We all arrived at the property in short had their work cut out for them. The goal now was to determine control. As in the Worchester, Massachusetts ALB find, a prop- order after the meeting – the sawyers with truck and chipper in the extent of the infestation and where it may have originated. erty owner who was concerned about his trees notified the proper tow. The tree was dropped, and the team started looking for the Since the 1990s, there have been Asian longhorned beetles found authorities. Measures can now be taken to contain and stop this adults, inspecting limb by limb. Within minutes, we found the in Ohio warehouses. ALB has been known to have been trans- beetle to minimize the potentially significant environmental and first adult, then another, and then there were eight. I had heard ported here in packing material, a common mode of travel for economic impact of this invasive insect. when they first emerge the legs are really blue, then fading to exotic, invasive insects. The last two warehouse finds in 2007 and black. Sure enough, these were Asian longhorned beetles (ALB). 2009 were in southwest Ohio, one near Cincinnati and the other It was mentioned that ALB come out to the tips of the limbs to near Mason. Federal and state officials continue to investigate. sun themselves, and that day the sun was shining. I had a first- As of the writing of this article, the mystery of the origin of the hand account of how they are not strong fliers. One adult tried infestation has not been solved. to escape the pile by flying to the next closest maple. Although it really didn’t need to go far, the effort was not done with the greatest of ease. The adult was found, and all of them were quickly
Old oviposition sites on main stem and frass in branch crotches. Photo courtesy of ODNR. Division of Forestry crew member chipping ALB infested maple branches and trunk. Infested trees must be destroyed or burned in order to reduce the risk of pupae, larvae, or adults from spreading to While at the site, we also inspected several other trees on the other trees. Chipping is the most proven and cost USDA APHIS tree climber during survey work landowner’s property. We used binoculars that day, but we knew effective means of controlling the spread of ALB. planning. Photo courtesy of ODNR. that a closer look would be necessary to reveal more. Later that Photo courtesy of ODNR. same week, USDA APHIS staff and a Division of Forestry forester went to revisit the site to take a look around. If you suspect the presence of Asian longhorned In the meantime, we received word back from the USDA lab Adult Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) collected beetle (ALB), contact the Ohio Department of scientists. It was determined that the specimens were definitely from a Freeman maple in Clermont County. Beetles Agriculture toll-free at (855) 252-6450, an ODNR Anoplophora, the genus of exotic beetles that contains the exotic are large, approximately 1-1½ inches long and are urban or service forester, a community urban Asian longhorned beetle. We learned that for it to be an official shiny black with random white spots. Their anten- verification there must be an adult found. From the stage of the nae, which are longer than the insect’s body, are forester, private consultant forester, or OSU pupae, the lab identifiers felt that adults may be emerging anytime, banded black and white. Their feet are black and Extension office. Remember to purchase so the Freeman maples were closely monitored. sometimes appear with a bluish tint. Adult beetles and burn firewood locally to help prevent the typically appear in July and continue to be present unknowing transport of invasive insects. ALB Division of Forestry foresters, USDA APHIS, and Ohio into the early fall. Photo courtesy of ODNR. not only attacks maple, but other tree species Department of Agriculture (ODA) staff teamed up and a forest health survey was conducted in the surrounding area. The office such as ash, willow, horsechestnut, buckeye, at the adjacent East Fork State Park was secured as a meeting area. poplar, hackberry, and elm. APHIS called in expert tree climbers and a survey team. This was
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ALB signs to look for: You can help detect possible Asian longhorned beetle by carefully observing the following traits: • 1 to 1 ½ inches in length • Long antennae banded with black and white (longer than the insect’s body) • Shiny, jet black body with distinctive white spots • Six legs • May have blue feet Adult beetles are most active during the summer and early fall. Throughout the summer, they can be seen on tree branches, walls, outdoor furniture, cars and sidewalks. If you see the beetle or any signs of infestation, you need to report it immediately. Other tell-tale signs include: • inch diameter or larger perfectly round exit holes on tree trunk • sawdust like frass, or wood shavings, around exit holes, in branch crotches, branches, or on the ground • oval to round pits in the bark for egg laying sites • oozing sap from the egg niches, especially on maples Be a Beetle Buster! Early detection is important. If you observe ALB, call toll free 1-(855) 252-6450. Check the Beetle Buster site at http://www.beetlebusters.info/
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Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 24 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 25 TREETREE TALKTALK withwith BRIANBRIAN RILEYRILEY Service Forester, ODNR Division of Forestry & Area 1 Tree Farm Chair Small, Small Trees s fellow tree enthusiasts, I am sure many of you unnecessary, I assure you it is done so for legitimate reasons rooted misnomer considering that each cluster may contain up to five With each additional find, Athoroughly enjoyed last year’s special Ohio Big in their genetic makeup. In hawthorns, the gaps between species individual flowers. Yet regardless of the number of flowers, these dwarf hawthorn moves Tree edition of The Ohio Woodland Journal. Too often, are narrow but run deep – so deep, in fact, that they even require clusters yield just a single fruit at the end of each twig. Perhaps further down the state’s however, these leviathans tend to overshadow (both literally subdivision into their own like groups, just as oaks are further “Crataegus unicarpa” (one-fruited hawthorn) or “Crataegus micro- rare plant list – an encour- and figuratively) a diverse assortment of trees that are far less broken down into red oaks and white oaks. But do not let dwarf dendron” (small-tree hawthorn) would be more fitting names, but aging trend for sure. Today, with 15 captivating at first glance. This oversight, in my opinion, is a bit hawthorn keep you guessing, for one of the many appealing at- alas, science is stuck with another misleading moniker. known populations scattered across southern of a shame as even the smallest trees are deserving of the recogni- tributes associated with this diminutive dandy is that it is quite Ohio, dwarf hawthorn is now only classified as potentially threat- tion they so richly deserve – we just need to take a bit of time to easy to distinguish from its many other Crataegus counterparts. When it comes to the detective work of tracking trees, after one ened, meaning that while the plant is by no means ubiquitous understand them better. As I now veer to the opposite end of the Once you are familiar with dwarf hawthorn, it will likely jump knows what to look for, one must then know where to look. If throughout the state, it is common enough that laws governing big tree spectrum, I aim to introduce you to a neat little hawthorn out at you amongst the sea of greenery – that is, when you are trees could talk and you were to ask the obscure dwarf hawthorn its protection are no longer warranted or necessary for its survival. that is not at all common in Ohio, but one definitely worth know- not stepping on it. what growing conditions it prefers most, it would probably reply To be removed from the roster altogether, at least 40 populations ing and, yes, even propagating – a true southern shrimp which in a manner such as “Where I come from, it’s dry-xeric habitat must be documented in the Ohio Biodiversity Database, the is at best a loose interpretation of a tree, the one-of-a-kind dwarf Aside from its elfin stature, what makes the seldom-seen dwarf of barrens and open oak-pine woodlands where I might grow state’s official catalog of rare flora and fauna. Though complete hawthorn (Crataegus uniflora). hawthorn so easily identifiable is the small, distinctly round foli- to a towering ten feet!” For most of Ohio’s trees, the sky is the delisting is still a ways off, having extra eyes in the field with the age (up to a quarter in size) that it displays throughout the grow- limit; but for dwarf hawthorn, that limit is no more than chest ability to recognize this thorny “treelet” will ensure that its grip Hawthorns tend to cause great anxiety amongst even the most ing season, coupled with its relatively large crabapple-like fruit. high, and usually not even that. In fact, some do not even ac- on the register of Ohio’s most periled plants continues to weaken. die-hard taxonomists. While the splitting of species may seem Interestingly enough, the specific epithet “uniflora” is a bit of a knowledge Ohio’s populations to be worthy of tree status since no plants found here have ever achieved “treedom” by eclipsing the Fortunately for this site specialist, there is no shortage of ideal US Forest Service’s standard definition of a tree, which includes habitat available throughout much of southern Ohio where ad- any woody stem at least three inches in diameter and 13 feet tall. ditional populations can establish and await discovery. So the next time you find yourself in open, upland woodlands or dry glades Typically, dwarf hawthorn in Ohio is quite a scarce encounter – so in the southern-most reaches of our state, be mindful that you scarce that it was not even known to occur in southern Ohio (the may very well be walking amongst monumental dwarfs – trees northernmost extent of its native range) until 1927 when it was truly no less impressive, when fully understood, than the titans discovered growing in the xeric, dolomite glades of Adams County featured in last fall’s Ohio Big Tree edition. This reality goes to by famed ecologist E. Lucy Braun. It would be 66 years before show that even the smallest of trees are spectacular. Let’s hear it dwarf hawthorn would be seen again in the Buckeye State, when for the little man! several plants were found growing at Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve – not surprisingly located in the same area of Adams The Dawes Arboretum, located on State Route 13 south of Newark, County where Braun conducted her original floristic surveys. Ohio, is home to two dwarf hawthorns that can be seen year-round in the area of the grounds aptly named Hawthorn Hill. In the years following its rediscovery, dwarf hawthorn has received a fair amount of attention in Ohio as it has now shown up on many individuals’ radars. Without question, finding a new popu- lation would definitely gain one a bit of distinction in the circle of the botanically bent. To date, this humble hawthorn has been spied in six southern Ohio counties, where it has made exclusive appearances in open, disturbed habitats. These locations include prescribed burn units within Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest in Vinton County, a unique barren on a Certified Tree Farm in Meigs County owned by Ed Aderer, and multiple sites within the Wayne National Forest in Gallia and Lawrence Counties. The most recent entry on the list is Scioto County, where last May I had the great fortune of discovering a small, localized population growing along the edge of an upland oak-pine woods bordering Brush Creek State Forest. What a most opportune time and place that was for my shoelace to come untied! Ted Bodner @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 26 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 27 Connecting Kids to Nature
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Doing the Activity Many animals are “color coordinated” with their surroundings. Any coloration, body shape, or behavior that helps an animal hide is called camouflage. With the help of a few simple household items, you can take children outside to explore this concept. Collect equal amounts of small, biodegradable objects in at least three colors that can be used to represent “worms” in an outdoor setting. Consider the tri-colored rotini or spiral pasta noodles, pieces of yarn, or shreds of paper. Once outside: • Spread or hide your colored objects (“worms”) in a defined area • Have children “fly” around as birds and try to find the “worms” • Make a chart or graph to visually record children’s findings Don't forget the Meadowview Tree Farm Tour October 1. See ad on page 6 If your first trial was on grass, try the same exercise again on asphalt, or within a forested area. If you are working with multiple children, construct a relay race to find the scattered “worms.” The winner of the race is the first team to get every child on Faster Growth – 30 year harvest cycle possible the team at least one “worm.” Children will most likely find the least camouflaged Call for special pricing. objects first. After completing the activity, ask: Genetically Superior • What color was easiest to find? What color was hardest to find? Why? Walnut, White Oak • Was there a pattern to the order in which the different colored “worms” were found? B I B B K P U B S A L A M A N D E R N H E T and Black Cherry E W L M U R K C Y L Q Q D S A Y U U V D D A L B O A H Q J Z V X X K R A C C O O N A O C Grafts and Seedlings O O O W Y T R O M S L I T C H I P M U N K O For excellent returns on your timber M D T X X E R M L F K S S A R E J Y S W U J investments plant genetically Did you know a box S N G P T E O U Q W G I X J T Z Q I V B R R superior hardwood timber trees. turtle’s dappled shell C L S H E U Y V O L O J N G E L O P D A T K • Grafts and seedlings from original mimics the spots of G E G D U G R M E T V W L K G E O O A E J C patented black walnut trees sunlight on the forest W A Z S M M S T J W A L K I N G S T I C K O • Improved selections of wild black cherry floor? Challenge V D J K B L K R L S Q U I R R E L V O X J M seedlings and grafts children to find C N X L U Y N S S E F G T E F Z S T V H L Q • Grafted white oak for heavy/wet soil sites “box turtle” in this S V D R I B G N I M M U H U M G O H T D H L word search, along JOSEPH P. HENSLER To purchase or for a free full-color box turtle humming bird raccoon squirrel informational brochure call toll-free: with other camouflaged chipmunk mole salamander tadpole Marketing organisms listed right. deer owl skink walking stick 5715 North 750 East 888-749-0799 Hamlet, IN 46532 Adapted from Activity 25: Birds and Worms from Project Learning Tree’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide. Project Learning Tree® (PLT) www.advancedtree.com is a program of the American (574) 867-4192 Forest Foundation. In Ohio, PLT Fax: (574) 867-4960 Discover how PLT can help you teach… from nature! is sponsored by the Department D V A N C E D of Natural Resources - Division A • Attend a workshop near you to receive PLT activity guides, ideas, and materials. Specializing in Wholesale Christmas Trees & Bare Root Seedlings of Forestry and Project Learning • Contact your Ohio PLT State Coordinator: Sue Wintering, [email protected] or 614-265-6657. Tree - Ohio. www.henslernurseryindiana.com TREE TECHNOLOGY 12818 Edgerton Rd. New Haven, IN 46774 • 260-749-0891
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John Dorka, Executive Director, 2011 Paul Bunyan Show, October 7-9 Ohio Forestry Association 55th Anniversary of the Original American Forestry Exposition
t’s just around the corner – the annual the fourth since the competition first IPaul Bunyan Show in Cambridge, Ohio. took place in 1999 in Youngstown, We believe the show will be a good one this year and will offer This year marks the fifty-fifth anniversary Ohio. In 2009 in Morgantown, a fun and informative day for anyone interested in what forests of the show that started in McArthur, West Virginia, nine manufacturers and the wood industry are all about. So come and enjoy a Ohio in 1957. For the sixth year in a and thirteen different machines great day with Paul Bunyan! row, the Paul Bunyan Show will be at competed. the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Old Washington, Ohio, about six miles east of We are also making plans to the I-77 and I-70 interchange. bring in antique forestry and sawmilling equipment, some Saving the Forest for the Trees The show promises to be bigger and better steam powered, that will show how John Dorka, Executive Director, Ohio Forestry Association this year with the addition of some new events logs and wood used to be processed in days gone by. recent report on the Southern Forest Futures Project (http:// a large number of Ohio hardwood sectors rated in the top 10 among and exhibits, but those attending will find this mixed with a lot Awww.srs.fs.usda.gov/futures/reports/draft/summary_report.pdf ), an states. of the same information and fun they’ve found at previous shows. We’ve also invited some new exhibitors involving specialty wood analysis designed to anticipate the future of the forests in the southern crafts and products that will be of interest to the entire family. United States, drew an interesting conclusion: strong timber markets We annually harvest 300-500 million board feet of quality hardwood First and foremost, the show will be the same outstanding logging encourage retaining forests rather than converting them to other land timber and millions of tons of pulp and other products; yet we add and wood manufacturing trade show that it has been for its long Husqvarna, the show sponsor, will be back again anchoring their uses. In other words, cutting trees for products helps to save the forests. more than 1 billion board feet each year to the standing inventory, history. There will be hundreds of exhibits showing state of the large exhibit area with educational demonstrations on chainsaw which now exceeds 41 billion board feet. A robust forest industry art wood manufacturing equipment for logging, sawmilling, wood safety and use. Husqvarna will also have their tree climbing David Wear, a US Forest Service economist and project leader stated relies on a healthy forest, and Ohio’s forested land has been increasing processing, and firewood production. Of course chainsaws will demonstrations and their famous Women’s Amateur Chainsaw “Strong timber markets have encouraged forest landowners to keep in both quality and quantity ever since. be featured prominently along with many other woodland tools. Competition for all those hardy ladies who would like to ply their their forests…our forecast suggests that the strongest timber markets lead to the least forest losses.” The potential for wood and fiber products adds to forest land value chainsaw skills for a chance to win a chainsaw. and economic and environmental values. The loss of demand and For the first time this year, the Paul Bunyan Show will host the That conclusion doesn’t fit with the popular public belief that cutting market share for wood products will most certainly erode forest land Great Portable Sawmill Shootout put on by Sawmill and Woodlot Once again, the Paul Bunyan Show will host the Ohio and trees leads to loss of forest land. Of course that notion has been fu- values and gradually build incentive to remove forests for other uses. Magazine. This is a competition event between portable sawmill International Lumberjack Competitions, bringing expert eled for decades by the media and environmental groups who have manufacturers, and promises to be an exciting competition that competitors from around Ohio and the United States. The portrayed using trees for products as simply not “green” and even It makes one wonder what the current economic downturn and par- will help to highlight the capabilities and differences among the sawmill exhibit area will also have special lumberjack entertainment anti-environmental because they claim it leads to destroying forest ticularly acute wood economy will mean in the long run for our forest major brands of portable sawmills. This year’s competition will be provided by the Great Lakes Timber Show. land, and ultimately to the loss of forests. land base. We know already that the tremendous increase in forest land that Ohio witnessed over the last half century has slowed dramatically. The Paul Bunyan Show has worked We know better, and it is encouraging when the data and reports sup- If Mr. Wear is correct in his assessment that strong forest markets are hard in recent years to provide a port that conclusion. tied to the least forest losses, then we need to be concerned about the nice array of educational seminars health of our forest land base, at least in the shorter term. Even though this analysis is for the southern United States, there is little for both professionals in the wood doubt to me that the relationship exists for every part of the country. Julian Simon, the famous business professor and author of The industry as well as the lay person And it really makes common sense. Resourceful Earth and The Ultimate Resource, held that increased just interested in knowing more consumption of a natural resource, in unison with increased wealth about forests and trees. This year, in Massive land clearing in Ohio during the nineteenth century resulted and technology, leads to more of that natural resource, not less. That conjunction with the Great Portable in tremendous loss of forest land. Almost 9 in 10 Ohio acres were principle is in line with the conclusion from the Southern Forest Futures Sawmill Shootout, there will be removed for much higher-valued farm land. For the first half of the Project. If public demand for forest products increases, we’ll have a an array of fee-based professional twentieth century, until World War II, forest industry in Ohio was better chance of saving our forests. seminars on such subjects as lumber minimal at best. drying, log grading, and managing The challenge is getting more people to believe that wood use is good small woodlots. Since then, however, Ohio has added more than 5 million acres of forest for the environment and good for all of us in the long run. land and developed a hardwood industry that rivals most states, with Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 32 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 33 Scott Costello First on the Market, McArthur, OH Cambridge, OH LLeafingeafing OOutut Costello Forestry Consulting Wellston, OH Parkersburg, WV Best in the Field. Blackgum-Nyssa sylvatica The blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), also commonly known as the black the main stem. This causes open-grown young trees to have a OUTSIDE · All stainless steel construction tupelo, is found native throughout nearly all of Ohio. Outside of unique pyramidal shape. The bark is gray, forming into thick WOOD · No smoke, ashes or wood trash in Ohio, its range is generally the southern and east-central United blocky scales at maturity, somewhat similar to an alligator’s hide. your home FURNACE States. 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Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 34 Summer 2011 The Ohio Woodland Journal 35 and occasionally railroad ties. Sometimes The current Ohio state champion black- it is quartered and veneered to produce a gum is located near Wheelersburg in ribbon-like pattern for containers. Scioto County. It is 88 feet tall and mea- sures over 39 inches in diameter at breast Blackgum is a moderately important wild- height. Currently the national champion life species in Ohio. Beyond the nutri- listed on the National Register of Big Trees P.O. Box 951, 51 Parrott Street tional value of the fruit for birds and small is located in Texas. It is 92 feet tall and Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 mammals, seedlings and sprouts provide measures over 74 inches in diameter at (740) 397-0573 a very palatable browse for deer. It is an breast height. Fax (740) 392-9498 excellent cavity tree, providing good qual- E-mail: [email protected] ity dens for a number of species. Cavities Literature: are sometimes colonized by honeybees, and it is considered an excellent pollen tree Outcalt, Kenneth W., Black Tupelo, for honey production, hence the phrase, from: Silvics of North American Family owned and operated, Brenneman Lumber Company has been in “sweet as tupelo honey”. Hardwoods. Vol. 2. Ag Handbook 654. business for over 65 years. The company operates its main office and USDA Forest Service. Washington Blackgum is sometimes used as an orna- DC. concentration yard in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Brenneman Lumber takes pride in mental species for landscaping. Growth being a major buyer of green northern Appalachian Red Oak, White Oak, is moderate and it can generally tolerate American Forests. National Register of Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Cherry, Ash, Poplar, Beech, and many other species almost any soil condition except for highly Big Trees. http://www.americanforests. alkaline soils. The fall color is often Ohio state Champion blackgum located near Wheelersburg in org/resources/bigtrees/ ranging in thickness from 4/4 to 16/4. Brenneman Lumber brokers in excess of exceptional. The branching pattern and Scioto County. 40 million board feet of green and kiln dried lumber annually and we are pyramidal form of the tree is unique. It prefers full sun but adapts well to partial shade. The two most Photos courtesy of Ohio Division of Forestry website. continually looking to establish relationships with new suppliers. common problems associated with blackgum in the landscape Index of Ohio Trees. Call Charlie Brenneman or Mark Bennett today for prices! are black leaf spot and chlorosis on alkaline soils.
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