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Forests for the Bay
United States
Registrace 9. 01. 2015
Hello! We are the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a regional conservation nonprofit organization which works to improve the land and waters in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Forests for the Bay is our education and outreach program which aims to teach residents about trees and sustainable forest management. Why does a nonprofit focused on an estuary spend time talking trees? Well, the more forest cover we have on the landscape, and the healthier that forest cover is, the better our water quality will be, from tiny mountain creeks all the way down to the Chesapeake Bay itself.
For more information on forest management or the Alliance in general, check out our websites (links below)!
Forests for the Bay is our education and outreach program which aims to teach residents about trees and sustainable forest management. Why does a nonprofit focused on an estuary spend time talking trees? Well, the more forest cover we have on the landscape, and the healthier that forest cover is, the better our water quality will be, from tiny mountain creeks all the way down to the Chesapeake Bay itself.
For more information on forest management or the Alliance in general, check out our websites (links below)!
Tree Talk: Black Locust
This Tree Talk on black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), guest features thousands of screaming annual cicadas! Which are not at all related to insect locusts. And funny enough, black locust is not very closely related to the tree it was misidentified to be by English colonists at Jamestown over 400 years ago, the locust or carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). Names aside, black locust has many distinctive traits that make it hard to misidentify. Though the tree is "weedy" it is a valuable member of our eastern forests. It is native to the Appalachian region but has naturalized around eastern North America and elsewhere because it is very adaptable and frequently planted for its floral, conservation, and wood use benefits. Black locust has superlative wood strength and durability, and is extremely fast-growing.
Want more goods from the woods? Subscribe to this channel, and our monthly Forests for the Bay newsletter at www.allianceforthebay.org/get... ! Who are we, anyway? Forests for the Bay is an educational program of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Learn more at allianceforthebay.org.
Forests for the Bay has been funded by the US Forest Service for many years, and has allowed us to educate countless people on trees and their myriad benefits. Tree Talk is an extemporaneous lesson by Ryan Davis, recorded opportunistically by his wife Allyson while out and about in the landscapes they love. He sometimes gets things wrong because he's just speaking from memory, and the pop-ups and fact checks come from two sources: the US Forest Service Southern Research Station's accounts of the species at hand, and the 5th edition of North American Trees by Dr. Richard Preston Jr. and Dr. Richard Braham (Ryan's college dendrology professor) of North Carolina State University. This episode and many also feature trivia and natural history information from the magnificent book "A Natural History of North American Trees" by Douglas Culross Peatie.
Recorded on 8/10/24 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, by the fragrant Allyson Davis.
Want more goods from the woods? Subscribe to this channel, and our monthly Forests for the Bay newsletter at www.allianceforthebay.org/get... ! Who are we, anyway? Forests for the Bay is an educational program of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Learn more at allianceforthebay.org.
Forests for the Bay has been funded by the US Forest Service for many years, and has allowed us to educate countless people on trees and their myriad benefits. Tree Talk is an extemporaneous lesson by Ryan Davis, recorded opportunistically by his wife Allyson while out and about in the landscapes they love. He sometimes gets things wrong because he's just speaking from memory, and the pop-ups and fact checks come from two sources: the US Forest Service Southern Research Station's accounts of the species at hand, and the 5th edition of North American Trees by Dr. Richard Preston Jr. and Dr. Richard Braham (Ryan's college dendrology professor) of North Carolina State University. This episode and many also feature trivia and natural history information from the magnificent book "A Natural History of North American Trees" by Douglas Culross Peatie.
Recorded on 8/10/24 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, by the fragrant Allyson Davis.
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Tree Talk: Yellow Birch
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This time on Tree Talk we're discussing Yellow Birch, "Betula alleghaniensis". Yellow birch is a beautiful tree; it has distinctive golden bark, and is often found "on stilts" due to establishing on nurse logs (decomposing fallen trees that provide good germination sites). It is a significant hardwood component of northern forests, with valuable wood and many wildlife benefits. No wonder the ye...
Tree Talk: Butternut
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Another windy walnut Tree Talk! This time we're covering Juglans cinerea, known as butternut or white walnut (or the abbreviated "buttnut", at least among the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Forests team in Pennsylvania). This attractive, compact floodplain tree is prized for its tasty nuts and also produces nice wood, though its small sized and scattered nature make it more valuable for nuts t...
Tree Talk: Black Walnut
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Today we're talkin' walnut! Black Walnut that is, Juglans nigra. Black walnut is an abundant and widespread canopy tree across the eastern United States, where it is an important member of our floodplain forests. Want more goods from the woods? Subscribe to this channel, and our monthly Forests for the Bay newsletter at www.allianceforthebay.org/get... ! Who are we, anyway? Forests for the Bay ...
Tree Talk: Bigtooth Aspen
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Another aspen! The only other one in North America - bigtooth aspen, Populus grandidentata. Bigtooth aspen is very similar to quaking aspen, to the point that the two species hybridize readily. However, P. grandidentata has different life history strategies which result in it being found in different forest assemblages than quaking aspen across its range, our lovely forests of eastern North Ame...
Tree Talk: Quaking Aspen
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We're trembling with excitement to discuss this tree - Populus tremuloides! Called quaking aspen, trembling aspen, or popple, this short tree with pioneer species ecology is full of surprises. It's the most widespread tree species in North America, with a range that stretches from high-elevation Mexico to Newfoundland and Labrador on the Atlantic Ocean, to above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. It ...
Tree Talk: Red Maple
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If you live in the eastern US, you likely already know red maple (Acer rubrum)! Red maple is one of the most widespread and common trees in our eastern forests. It is found in just about every habitat, from swamps to cities to mountaintops, where it grows fast, reproduces like crazy, and treats us with a brilliant blaze of foliage each autumn. Want more goods from the woods? Subscribe to this c...
Tree Talk: Black Cherry
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Three cheers for black cherry (Prunus serotina)! Black cherry is a beautiful tree that produces a beautiful wood. Its fruit is incredibly valuable for wildlife and is nutritious and (supposedly) tasty for humans. Black cherry is common on most soils in eastern North America and is easy to identify by the bark. Want more goods from the woods? Subscribe to this channel, and our monthly Forests fo...
Habichats Episode 2: Winter Wildlife Habitat on Agricultural Lands
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For our second episode of Habichats (the show where we chat about habitat), Jim Kauffman with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay shows us different types of habitat that wildlife utilize over the winter on and adjacent to agricultural lands. Join us to learn about what wildlife stay within our Chesapeake Bay watershed over the winter and what improvements you could make on your property to sup...
Tree Talk: Smooth Alder
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Smooth alder (Alnus serrulata) is a wonderful thicket-forming species which falls into the catch-all category of "small tree to large shrub". Usually maxing out at a height of 15 feet, smooth alder is a fast-growing denizen of wetlands and riparian (streamside or lakeside) habitats, where it provides food for birds, bugs, and beavers, and good cover for wildlife in summer and winter. Want more ...
Tree Talk: Eastern White Pine
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Here's another one for lovers of big trees! Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) is an immense tree of immense historical, cultural, and economic importance. Once the dominant species of much of the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, the enormous and economically valuable eastern white pine was a driving factor behind European colonial history. Old-growth white pine stands were cleared in...
Tree Talk: Striped Maple
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This time on Tree Talk, we discuss a short tree with a long list of common names. Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum), also known as moosewood, snakebark maple, goosefoot maple, and whistlewood, is a small understory specialist of the Appalachians and northern woods. It is pretty innocuous in normal conditions but like other shade-tolerant trees, if striped maple is left in the stand during a ti...
Tree Talk: Tulip-poplar
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If you like trees that are easy to identify, you'll LOVE tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)! This very distinct hardwood tree species is abundant and common in forests of the eastern US. Also called tuliptree and yellow-poplar, this species is actually in the Magnolia Family. Tulip-poplar is one of the largest hardwood trees in eastern forests and also boasts fast growth and high timber val...
Habichats: Wetland Walk
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For our first episode of Habichats, join Jim Kauffman (PA Forests Projects Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay) as he explores a wetland in southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of March. Jim shows us how to classify several types of wetlands while pointing out important wetland flora and fauna. The Habichats video series focuses on exploring the plants, animals, soils, hydrology,...
Tree Talk: Flowering Dogwood
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On our soggiest Tree Talk yet, we spend some time with flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), the eye-catching spring bloomer! This small tree plays an important role as a member of the midstory of our eastern forests in some fun and surprising ways. It is easy to identify year-round and a beloved native landscaping species. Tune in to learn about how those famous flowers are more than meets the e...
Cool black light info
American Chestnut Ash Eastern Hemlock Beech Elm ....all headed to extinction, very sad.
He comes very light weight combine with its strength you can have a very thin lightweight stick
I could watch this dude talk about trees all day.
Dang your videos are SOOOOO jam packed with information ... in the best possible way. Thanks for making this. I learned a bunch here.
My favorite is "Coppiced" black locust its effective at deterring white trash infestation and trespass.
What is it without thorns or flowers?
Good info! I had noticed that they frequently grow "on stilts". Now I know why.
These contributions are great! Please post more! 🌳🌻
Thank you!
Love your videos man! Really helpful and well made, and have been great helping me learn more about trees. Thanks so much!
You should do American Persimmon. Love the bark, and how hard it apparently is.
Traditional bow wood
Honey made from basswood has a minty taste to it. Very good honey! I’m a beekeeper and get a good harvest from basswood trees.
Wonderful for beautiful retaining walls!
This is my first video I have watched on this channel but the title caught my eye. We had several of these on our property in Illinois when I was a kid. I was always impressed with it's intimidating looking thorns. When I moved to NC I no longer found the tree in the wild and assumed it didn't live here. I had told my son about this tree that we had in Illinois whose leaves looked similar to our invasive, and beautiful, Mimosa but had impressive thorns. Last year I found a two of them here growing next to a pond. I don't think I have been more excited to find a tree.
Black Locust is fairly common in Southern Ontario, although it is not native. It is considered invasive to native trees. That's interesting about the black light, I'll have to try it out! I really enjoy your videos 😀
Very Cool! I had no idea about the fluorescence. I tried taking an axe to one of these that was in a problem spot a few years back, and the wood is definitely stout. It felt like trying to cut down a steel beam. I was really surprised when you mentioned that it grows quickly, since most of the fast growers tend to have softer wood. We usually discourage them anywhere a mower might go due to the thorns, but we'll be sure to keep a few around and encourage them elsewhere. Thanks!
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey....Van Morrison, I believe
Black Locust is HIGHLY reactive to UV light, turning from buff to Day-Glow Yellow under a blacklight. Just another reason to appreciate our amazing local species.
I had these or another variety at the backend of my yard in Northern Idaho and I absolutely hate them. They drop crap all year long and those thorns are nasty, big, thick and about an inch long. Do yourself a favor and never plant it
person good with a scroll saw could inlay black locust figures, letters etc. onto black walnut board and front light it with black light LED. Looks nice. Have been turning black locust bowls. Good for cold food, not hot as some say wood is toxic.
here in wisconsin, black locusts are way too aggressive, so we girdle them. although they do have benefits, the oak savannas and prairies that they invade wouldn’t exist if we didn’t take them out.
i think you are correct. Black locusts form colonies in pastures on mountains in Appalachia, if you don't mow. i used to notice bird flocks in these pretty groved. But years later there was a little forest of other species. Maybe tbey can be useful to generate a new forest. I cut down groves of locust trees twice in the past 35 yesrs.
You mentioned the Redbud ... I'd love to hear any knowledge you have about the Redbud. It's one of my favorite trees to see in the spiring!
Thanks for making this and sharing all this info. Lots of interesting stuff I never knew about the black locust here. Last year I collected black locust seeds from a local park in Pennsylvania and germinated them over the winter. Today about 6 of the seedlings are growing great and i'm hoping they will make interesting bonsai trees in the future!
Species with pinnate leaves usually are not suitable for bonsai. I didn’t know you could bonsai robinia. Thanks for the suggestion: they grow everywhere around here. However I’ll look if it’s possible to make cuttings and/or air layers from mature branches. Not fond of the idea of dealing with the nasty thorns young plants have. 😅 Good luck with your seedlings.👍
Yeah so far my seedlings are growing great, I’ll probably grow them as larger bonsai. If you have luck with cuttings let me know. I’m going to try to propagate some black locust cuttings sometime this summer as well.
these videos are great, please keep them coming :)
WV. Zone 6b. I'm in a suburban area and surrounded by these trees. My neighbors have several on their adjoining property. I have none. But between these seed pods and my maple helicopter seeds, I have a full time job cleaning up and fighting seedlings in my lawn and flower beds. LOL!
Black locust is my favorite tree that we find on our property in Armstrong county. Something killed off most of them which is rather unfortunate. My father and grandfather made fence posts out of locust in the 80s and they just recently started failing. It’s the most perfect firewood in my opinion; it splits well (especially into kindling due to its strong grain allowing it to split straight the whole way down without thinning), takes a flame remarkably well, and burns HOT (too hot for summer fires).
Amen. Our experience is exactly the same. Also like to pick the flowers and deep fry them. So yummy.
Don't forget firewood. Very high BTU and easy to coppice/pollard.
Cool. I was just admiring the abundance of these in Cape Cod this past week.
Yes, as a kid I called them “bone trees” definitely one of my favorite. Last camping site we were on had a “Bone Tree”, love the bark and leaves for fire starting, incredible tree!
I just stumbled on your channel, solid content, watched several now. As a fellow tree guy (and life long beagle owner) who spends hikes snooping out trees I just wanted to help keep the interest going, thanks man!
We're back Baby!
fantastic!
Beautiful!
You’re enthusiasm for trees is appreciated.
One of my favorite channels.
I am familiar with the honey locust, tasty flowers, but known very little of the Black Locust tree. Thanks dude.
What happened to the hair?? Also this is a huge black locust. Nice video!
Just found your channel a few days ago, and so glad I didn't have to wait too long for the next installment! Over the years you've managed to cover most of the species I've been researching recently and have helped me make some confident decisions about my dad's plot. Thanks for the clear and efficient information! (Oh, and I loved the long 'do but nice haircut!)
And I'm surprised no one has taken advantage of the florescence in a nightclub or bowling alley to work designs or logos into the floor to glow under UV. 🤔
I love your tree talks. I've found the perfect course on tree identification. Thank you. And I have several black locusts in my yard. I really enjoy them for all the reasons you provide.
That's cool the seeds can grow on logs
R. pseudoacacia is also an excellent fuel wood. The BTU content as almost as high as white oak. The down side is that it's very difficult to split, and can stall lower-powered splitters.
I came here to say that!
Someone else in the comments said it’s very easy to split. Who’s right?
@@pansepot1490 would you accept "it depends"? I split mine almost immediately after felling. So it is still very wet. Pretty easy then. I haven't tried to split it after it has seasoned.
@@pansepot1490 Are you referring to @bmilla35 's comment, saying the wood "splits well?" I can see the confusion, but we were talking about different properties of the logs. bmilla was talking about how the grain runs consistently thru the length of the logs, which does make them split "well," meaning it can be split down to quite small sizes without the individual pieces cracking or crushing (i.e., great for kindling). Softer woods often start to break off to the side, or crush, if you try to get smaller pieces. And, the pieces of the locust are strong (which makes them split well), so you need a beefy splitter to work on larger logs. Hope that makes sense - kinda hard to write out clearly, what I could show you in a few seconds.
@@jameskniskern2261 we found that the wood if left to dry before splitting, needed then to be “ thoroughly “ dry, after which it splits fairly easily again. Great post wood and fuel when dry.
I love this tree, but I have had a very difficult time researching historical uses. Thanks for drawing attention to it. With any luck it finds a community of supporters as robust as the American chestnut.
Thanks!!!..i had some birch syrup too!
How to propagate?
Before modern laminated scaffold boards were developed, we use exclusively hemlock scaffold boards because there's stiff. Pine is really springy we use those before there was that plywood which is what we use now.
Way kool! Good job on this- many thanx!
Beech and birch are distantly related, same order different family, almost like cousins
Dogwood does not split and it's very heavy intense it makes great mallets the head of a mallet for wood carving can be made of Dogwood