[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[Charles Wohlers]

Not a lovely thing at all. Such trees can disturb the ecology and crowd out 
desirable species. Norway maple, for example, crowds out sugar maple - a 
very desirable species - and is classified as invasive in New York, among 
other places. Sale & planting of it is prohibited in MA,  NH, VT, and 
possibly other states.

Trees don't "escape" their confines - they show up where they shouldn't be 
because someone planted them there. Norway maple, widely planted as a shade 
tree in years past, is a prime example.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 6:01 PM
To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Monterey fire?

I just love the very concept of a tree "escaping" its confines, and
overwhelming the native species.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 9/21/2015 5:59:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> mjl at ix.netcom.com writes:
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> The fire  is way up in the hills of Carmel Valley (Cachagua area), so I'm
> not so certain  these two varieties are in much danger.  Not so sure about
> the pine, but  I'm fairly certain the cypress is basically coastal in
> Monterey
>  County.>>>>>
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> The Monterey Cypress is widely used for landscaping up and down
> the Pacific Coast.  The Monterey Pine is a major lumber tree for
> Australia, New Zealand, and areas of South America where it grows
> much better than in its tiny native habitat.  In some of these areas  the
> pine has "escaped" and naturalized, sometimes overwhelming the
> native species.
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> David Strang.
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