tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191807146952220122024-03-13T01:58:29.494-04:00PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUMPine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-52354503709500733452015-04-28T13:02:00.002-04:002015-04-28T13:02:34.553-04:002015 SUNDAY SERIES AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM
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Presentations for members and friends. All are open to the public.<br />
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Sunday May 3, 2015 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the Pine Hollow Arboretum Visitor Center, 16 Maple Ave. Slingerlands, N.Y. <br />
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John Abbuhl will lead an arboretum tour starting at 2:15 pm.<br />
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REPORT ON PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM COLLECTION<br />
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John Abbuhl (Founder and Tree Planter)<br />
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Lauren Axford (Director Pine Hollow Arboretum)<br />
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Dave Stevenson ( Arboretum Collection Manager)<br />
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Sandy Brousseau ( Pine Hollow Arboretum Landscaper)<br />
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Meet the people currently working to ensure the health and growth of the collection.<br />
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A discussion with questions and answers on the arboretum’s collection.<br />
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What trees are being added this spring? How did the last growing season go?<br />
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What scientific study is being pursued at the arboretum? How are particular trees or species doing?<br />
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Bring your own questions and suggestions of trees and scrubs that you would like to see growing in our collection.<br />
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If you are interested in Tour ONLY please call ahead to reserve a spot<br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretum Visitor Center<br />
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16 Maple Ave.<br />
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Slingerlands, New York 12159<br />
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Phone: (518) 439-6472<br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-53438268775574084962015-04-12T22:32:00.003-04:002015-04-12T22:41:45.956-04:00PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR OPEN HOUSE APRIL 19, 2015 1-4 PM<br />
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Please join us for our Annual Spring Member Open House!<br />
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This year we are happy to announce the following events to thank our members for their continued support:<br />
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- Perennial Plant Swap (bring your extra perennials, take something new home!)<br />
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- 'Shasta' Red Fir Sale, limited availability, first come first serve $10/each<br />
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- 2pm Cooking Demonstration provided by Culinary Institute of America trained chefs from our local Slingerlands ShopRite<br />
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- 3pm Pre-tour stretching session on the patio followed by a guided tour with PHA founder and president John Abbuhl<br />
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~ A variety of hors d'oeuvres will be generously provided by ShopRite!! ~ <br />
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<br />Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-15731457459449060642014-05-27T08:45:00.000-04:002014-05-27T08:45:01.569-04:00STUDENTS LEARN AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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preserve in Slingerlands NY, is hosting hundreds of students from ten area
schools for a series of educational field trips. The instruction and
transportation costs are completely subsidized by Pine Hollow as a community
service. The trips are in May and early June.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5 have been learning about plants and the environment in Pine Hollow,
surrounded by the Arboretum’s collection of more than 3,000 trees and
ornamental shrubs from around the world. Live animals and the abundant bird
life at Pine Hollow make the field trip a memorable experience for hundreds of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During their guided tour, the students visit three
stations. At their first stop, they learn about seeds, what trees need to
survive, and how to plant a tree. And the next station, they visit some of the
Arboretum’s many ponds, and meet live snapping and painted turtles. The students
then go on a hike on two of the Arboretum’s scenic trails, the Fir Trail and
the Silverbell Trail. The hikes are led by student volunteers from Bethlehem
Central High School who have completed at least eight hours of training in
environmental science and outdoor teaching techniques at the Arboretum. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pine Hollow Arboretum is home to many
spectacular trees. Most of the students are in awe of the giant Metasequoia, or
Dawn Redwood, that towers high over their heads. They encounter trees from
China, Japan, and Europe, as well as specimens from many parts of the United
States. After learning how the Alaskan Cedar is adapted to heavy snow, they
travel only a few yards to admire magnolias in full blossom, a species usually
found in the Southern US. Students view plantings of rhododendrons and
lily-of-the-valley, and then study a dead tree for signs of woodpecker feeding
in order to learn about the interrelationships of trees and wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pine Hollow’s collection of unique trees, shrubs
and other plants is arranged in a natural setting that includes 12 ponds and a
network of walking trails and bridges throughout the preserve. The grounds of
the A<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>rboretum are open dawn to dusk, 365 days per year. Tours
and field trips can be arranged in advance by calling (518) 439-6472. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Come out on Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm for <br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">Are you curious about what letterboxing is all about? </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">Join us for a introductory workshop on this fast growing pastime. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;"> Letterboxing is an outdoor hobby perfect for people of all ages!</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">It combines elements of hiking with treasure hunting, </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">allowing visitors to explore the arboretum in a new way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">Tamsyn and Sahalie (their trail names). </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.796875px;">Everyone is welcome! </span><br />
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2014 season, we are inviting you to an informational volunteer meeting on </span><b style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 15.6pt;">Thursday,
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-39143001718802416822014-01-20T18:57:00.000-05:002014-01-20T19:31:23.648-05:00WINTER NEW YEAR JANUARY 19, 2014 AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM Photos by Alan CaslineOn a cold Sunday after a few inches of snow the night before, I woke to sunshine and white clouds in a blue sky. I drove over the few miles I live from Pine Hollow Arboretum and photographed some of the landscape, trails and trees. I saw rabbit, squirrel, and mouse tracks there ahead of me but it was obvious I was the first person to be walking over a lot of the fields since the last snow anyway. The ponds all had a white snow sheet (not deep enough to be a blanket) and the trees themselves only a light layer of snow. I did find one set of footprints in the area near Russian Pond. I put my shoe up next to them to try and measure their size. They were bigger than mine but I can’t be sure if these were the footprints of the legendary “big foot” or not. The sun went behind clouds and it was cold enough numb my fingers. My plan of having nice shadow and sun patches didn’t work out. Of course when I got back to my house the sun was shining again. I did take some interesting pictures I liked. Here is a sample I’d like to share. <br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-6108067878983588312013-11-26T14:56:00.000-05:002014-01-20T18:55:20.960-05:00ARBORETUM TOURS NOW ON YOU--TUBE<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">
<span style="color: green; font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">Snow and freezing weather got you stuck indoors? Take a John Abbuhl led tour of Pine Hollow Arboretum on YouTube anytime of the year. Enjoy the images of the Arboretum while learning more about the natural history and individual trees on the grounds. Use the link below or go to the arboretum website home page (pinehollowarboretum.org) and click on the Pine Hollow Arboretum Video Tours heading under "Links". Enjoy</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-46105319444122398142013-11-20T14:59:00.000-05:002013-11-20T15:42:35.604-05:00Channel 13 News Interviews John Abbuhl About Pine Hollow ArboretumPhil Bayly of Sunday Forum 13, Channel 13 News interviews John Abbuhl about Pine Hollow Arboretum. Show is set to air Sunday, November 24 at 6:00 a.m. If you're not an early riser you can watch it from the WNYT website (www.wnyt.com) once the T.V. station posts it later that day. Look for it under the Forum 13 heading off the home page.<br />
Congratulations John and thank you Helen Figge for making this happen!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;">We hope to see you soon and thank you for your continued support</span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">rday, Sept. 7 @ 9:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center. Craig Thompson, Audubon member and recently retired director of Five Rivers Environmental Education Center will lead the </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Craig recommends bring</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;">rt</span>Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-50848009775718665922013-07-09T11:04:00.001-04:002013-07-09T11:53:22.925-04:00ARTWORK BY BETHLEHEM CENTRAL STUDENTS HANGING-OUT AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are fortumate to have some of the art work from the Bethlehem Central School District hanging in our Visitors Center for the summer. The art works are from a cross section of the School grades and in a variety of styles. The Visitors Center is open on weekends from 10 - 4 for you to enjoy . A good thing to do on a rainy day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Calla Meyer, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Zoey McCarthy, Emma Edgar, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Kamryn Lezatte, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Anna Kranson, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Lilah Chase, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Camilo Ibanez-Granados, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Emily Mueller, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Satjiv Kanwar, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Corinne Anderson, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Catherine Jennings, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Tressa Hornbeck, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Patrick Lenden, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Larissa Engel-Flores,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Olivia Fottrel, Eliana Sanders, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mikeala Arena, Melissa Cathone.</span><br />
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Tressa HornbeckPine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-14611264805406513522013-06-12T14:32:00.001-04:002013-06-12T20:57:14.144-04:00SIGN IN PLACE FOR PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM Anyone driving on New Scotland Ave. in Singerlands has now the chance to see directions to Pine Hollow Arboretum on the signpost marking the intersection of New Scotland Ave and Maple Avenue. We hope that many who have said they knew we existed but did not know where will come across our sign and make the turn. There is a sign marking the Arboretum and parking information off of Maple Ave. as well. Pine Hollow Arboretum is open to the public every day from dawn to dusk.<br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretum volunteer, Jerry Deighan was instrumental in getting the sign in place.<br />
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-- Alan CaslinePine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-21681519280200037082013-06-03T09:03:00.002-04:002013-06-03T09:09:30.592-04:00SUN AND RAIN AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUMThe 2013 season is moving along into June with a past week of rain showers, hail storms, thunder and lightening mixed with periods of blazing hot sun. All of the rain water has the ponds filled and ditches running and a few low areas too wet to walk about in. No significant wind damage has been reported at Pine Hollow Arboretum and the moisture has been good for our new tree plantings and understory growth. It is a green environment at the arboretum these days. Figure out how to dress for the weather (your guess is as good as mine) and stop by for a June visit. here are some photos from my June 2, 2013 visit.<br />
--- Alan Casline<br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-90281856360115819242013-04-22T19:09:00.001-04:002013-04-22T19:16:13.975-04:00Sunday, May 5th for our 2013 Open House <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #24662a;">Each season brings its own beauty to the Pine Hollow Arboretum. Whether exploring the trails, taking in the blossoms, or simply relaxing, a new discovery awaits you with each visit to our 25-acre preserve. To mark the arrival of spring, we invite our members and friends to join us to celebrate nature’s renewal on Sunday, May 5th for our 2013 Open House from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at 16 Maple Avenue in Slingerlands for walking tours, family fun and refreshments.</span></b><span style="color: #24662a;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #24662a;">Our Open House will feature a magnificent display of magnolias & azaleas, which bloom throughout the month of May. Dr. John Abbuhl will be on hand to lead a tour of the grounds. A self-guided tour is available to those who wish, on their own, to explore the trails, groves and 12 wild life ponds. This season, we will add over 50 new plants to the 3,350 trees in the collection. We are open dawn to dusk for visitors to enjoy the longer days.</span></b><span style="color: #24662a;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #24662a;">Experience the Arboretum, become a supporting member, or renew at your current expiration date. </span></b><b><span style="color: #24662a;">Your contributions support proper care and upkeep of the grounds and environmentally conscientious preservation of the horticultural collection.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #24662a;">Enjoy the peace, tranquility and especially, the trees. We look forward to a wonderful season, and hope that you will drop by for our Open House on May 5<sup>th</sup> and experience for yourself the ways in which your support helps sustain “trees in a natural environment”.</span></b></span></div>
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-2299061267801801922013-03-12T18:03:00.001-04:002013-03-13T15:39:53.072-04:00Human Health And Tree Health Go Together<b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"> SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS</b><br />
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Karen Engel, New York State Department of Environment Conservation Green Infrastructure Coordinator, has my name on an e-mailing list which sends me posts which are always interesting to look at. It often goes too far afield to be of use at Pine Hollow Arboretum but still is nice as it shows impressive activity through-out New York State and the Northeast. She sent some information recently that seems to fit our efforts here and reinforces what many of us tree planters have known intuitively. Research published January 2013 in the <i>American Journal of Preventive Medicine</i> suggests that tree loss from the spread of the emerald ash borer is associated with increased mortality related to cardiovascular and lower-respiratory-tract illness. The U.S. Forest Service study collected data in nearly 1,300 counties in 15 states over 18 years. A short article by Alliance for Community Trees summarizes the research and helps to show the implications. The findings support all our efforts to preserve and enhance the living environment. The article is titled: <b>New Research: Trees Prove Vital to Human</b> <b>Health.</b> It is good that such a large-scale study has been conducted and points to a welcome conclusion. It is bad, however, that the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) , a beetle that kills ash trees, is a proxy for tree loss.</div>
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Researchers analyzed demographic, human mortality, and forest health between 1990 and 2007. Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester involved with the study, said “There’s a natural tendency to see our findings and conclude that, surely, the higher mortality rates are because of some confounding variable, like income or education, and not the loss of trees but we saw the same pattern repeated over and over in counties with very different demographic make-ups.” The researchers found those that lived in areas infested by the emerald ash borer and impacted by ash tree death “suffered from an additional 15,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease and 6,000 more deaths from lower respiratory disease when compared with uninfected areas. The association linking tree and human health is significant when found in such a large-scale study.</div>
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The emerald ash borer is responsible for the loss of 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern United States since its first discovery near Detroit, in 2002. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The insect threatens the entire North American<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Fraxinus</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>genus. The green ash and the black ash trees are preferred. White ash is also killed rapidly, but usually only after green and black ash trees are eliminated. EAB has an eleven year life cycle and most infected trees die two to four years after being infected. Where this happens there are landscapes of dead ash trees because the trees all die at the same time. Dealing with the infested dead branches and trunk wood is a problem all in itself. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced in 2009 that the emerald ash borer was recently discovered for the first time within the borders of New York State, in the Cattaraugus County town of Randolph. In October 2011 the emerald ash borer was found in Selkirk, Albany County only approximately ten to fifteen miles distant from Pine Hollow Arboretum. Currently we had no signs of EAB infestation at Pine Hollow Arboretum.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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There are hundreds of ash trees at Pine Hollow “if you count the small ones”, Arboretum founder and tree planter John Abbuhl said. They are predominately Northern White Ash <i>( Fraxinus Americana</i>) and Green Ash (<i>Franxinus pennsylvanica</i>) which prefers wetter areas. Where ever there is a clear untended area at the Arboretum seedling ash trees will appear. The largest Northern White Ash at Pine Hollow Arboretum has a three foot through trunk at its base and is found in the western corner of the arboretum at the far end of the Magnolia Field. The largest Green Ash is two foot through and is found just west of the All Purpose Swamp. The ash is related to the olive tree. John Abbuhl said that in an evolutionary sense it is one of the more of recent species. The Mountain Ash is not an ash. It is named Mountain Ash because its leaves look like ash leaves.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-19026553282752151522013-01-03T13:39:00.005-05:002013-01-03T14:16:55.676-05:00Why Evergreens are Green in Winter – Winter Photosynthesis<br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;"> When
you look off the back patio at the arboretum during the winter months it’s such
a different scene then during the spring, summer or fall because most of the
leaves are off the trees.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">Not only can
you see farther down into the property from the same vantage point but what really
stands out to me are the highlights of green trees scattered throughout the
property. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">We all
know that when the seasons change and it starts to get cold and the days get
shorter deciduous trees automatically cut off connections to their leaves and
stop performing photosynthesis in order to save energy for the upcoming winter
months.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">But some plants and trees keep
their leaves all winter </span><u style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">and</u><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;"> they stay green.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">Trees
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are protected by a type of self-made antifreeze that is carried in the tree
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some winter photosynthesis in action visit the arboretum and see what nature
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-59182500482757741612012-12-06T21:19:00.001-05:002012-12-08T15:15:18.464-05:00CAMASSIA PLANTS AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUMA purple flowering plant which grows on the shore of Greenhouse Pond and photographed by John Abbuhl is being featured in the 2013 Pine Hollow Arboretum Calendar. The plant is a Camas <em>(Camassia)</em> and it was cool to discover what an interesting plant the camas is. Our caption for under the photo was getting longer and longer until we decided we had to cut it down to a reasonable length. I figured a short write-up on this small species could share our discovered information with others. John Abbuhl said the camas was a native plant but not native to the shore of Greenhouse Pond where he had planted it. I found out that native was true if you are talking about the large expanse of North America where the camas naturally ranges. The perennial six-petaled plant is native to Southern British Columbia to Northern California and east to Montana. The plant existed in great numbers in meadows and could color the whole meadow in purple when they flowered. Later in history settlements reduced the prairies filled with camus because of grazing by cattle and hogs. There are still places in the Great Basin out West where they fill the landscape.<br />
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Camassia species were an important food staple for natives and even for early settlers in parts of the West. They were harvested in Autumn with the bulbs roasted or boiled. The experts say camas bulbs when cooked taste like a sweet potato but sweeter. I wonder if they have unexplored agricultural potential?.</div>
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The bulbs can be dried and pounded into flour. Folklorists have suggested the camas was also a important food source as a "cultivated plant" among the Tillamooks and other coastal peoples. These natives used burning to clear space for camas to grow out from under the forest cover. They were the second most popular trade good behind only dried salmon. Attention SCRABBLE players: the Kutchai called the camas "xapi". Common names for the plant are "Wild Hyacinth" and "Bear Grass".</div>
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There is no danger the camas are going to spread wildly and take over large sections of Pine Hollow Arboretum. John Abbuhl said that even though they were planted years ago there are only the original four camas plants growing in one small spot. The current year (2012) only two of them bloomed. Still it is worth the effort to find these out of their range but never-the-less interesting perennials. Deer do not like them which is an advantage around here.</div>
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<strong>Hello, Dawn. May I call you Dawn?</strong><br />
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That’s OK. Dawn Redwood is my common name. But, ironically, as people get to know me better, they call me by my proper name, Metasequoia. It’s short for Metasequoia glyptostroboides.<br />
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<strong>Since this is my first interview with you, I’ll call you Dawn. You and your family have moved around quite a lot. Where are you living these days?</strong><br />
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My immediate family came to the US from China in 1946. They were seeds brought here by an expedition from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, who then gave the seeds to arboreta around the country. My family has an interesting history. My ancestors’ fossils had been discovered in the early 1940’s and we were thought to be extinct. But then a couple of years later, a small stand of the trees was discovered in a remote Chinese valley. Despite the excitement, World War II prevented much from happening until our move to Boston in 1946. Then there was another lull in activity as US-China relations chilled. In the 1980’s, after relations between the two countries improved, new seeds were brought to the US. That finally allowed greater genetic diversity among the Metasequoias in the US, since that first group of us all came from just a single collection. <br />
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<strong>You didn’t answer my question. Does that mean you’re practicing for a career in politics? </strong><br />
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No, I just got sidetracked. Sorry. What was the question, anyway? Although I’m about 50 years old, which is certainly not over the hill for my species, I still sometimes forget. Oh, now I remember the question; it was about where I live. My siblings and I live in the arboretum’s Metasequoia Field and Chinese Strip, just over the Japanese Hill. So I guess you could say I’m over the hill after all. <br />
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My distant cousins, the Coast Redwoods and Giant Sequoias, have lived in California since ancient times, where they grew big and became famous. Their publicity agent says they’re the biggest living things on the planet. I used to think that was just Hollywood hype, but it’s true. And besides, they’re in northern California, not Hollywood.<br />
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No, not at all. I like living in upstate New York where I’m well cared for, with just the right climate and other growing conditions. As one of the 30 featured trees among the 3500 at the Pine Hollow Arboretum, I get all the attention I want.<br />
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Yes, … literally. Each mature Metasequoia contains both male and female cones, like most conifers. But I’m proud to belong to a select group of trees, the deciduous conifers. So like larches and just a couple of other trees, I have needles that turn color in the fall then drop off for the winter.<br />
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<strong>How many siblings do you live with? What are their names?</strong><br />
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I have six siblings. They’re all named Dawn Redwood, too. By the way, there is no truth to the rumor that we Dawns gave Bob Newhart the idea for the brothers Larry, Darryl and Darryl.<br />
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<strong>You’re denying a rumor. Are you sure you’re not going into politics? If you’re all called Dawn Redwood, how do you identify yourselves?</strong><br />
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We were all born in the late 1960’s and 70’s, so we distinguish ourselves by where and how we grow. I’m the widest, but my doctor, a tree surgeon, says I’m not overweight. Another Dawn is the tallest, since it’s able to grow very straight. Our colors are a little different, too. One of us has yellowish foliage; another one has light green foliage. Another sibling is distinguished by its dark trunk. Among the seven of us, the two tallest are more than 70 feet and still growing. Since Metasequoias are fast-growing trees, two others getting there quickly. The other three are still waiting for their adolescence.<br />
<strong>Do you have marks on a closet door that show how much you’ve grown?</strong><br />
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Don’t be silly. We outgrew closet doors years ago. My siblings and I started being measured two years ago when the American Conifer Society requested that our heights be monitored as part of a nationwide project to learn more about Metasequoias. People still don’t even know how big we can get or how long we can expect to live because there aren’t any old trees or family records in existence. That’s because many years ago the Chinese villagers used Metasequoias for lumber. Some people think we can live 400 or 500 years. Check back with me in a couple of hundred years and I’ll let you know if I’m having a mid-life crisis.<br />
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My siblings and I have all put down roots in Slingerlands and have decided to raise families here. The four oldest of us are already producing cones and we have produced seedlings. <br />
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<strong>You mentioned the ideal climate in upstate New York. Are you concerned about climate change?</strong><br />
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Metasequoias are one of the few species that won’t be hurt by a little warming as long as we get the right amount of moisture. We can also tolerate temperatures that are much colder than what we get here. While a warming trend won’t affect me personally, I am still deeply concerned about the effects of climate change on other trees and on the whole planet. The edge of Hurricane Sandy didn’t damage any of us at the arboretum, but with more occurrences of extreme weather as the planet warms, I’m not sure we’ll continue to be so lucky.<br />
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<strong>I share your concern. I’ve enjoyed speaking with you and feel that I’ve gotten to know you better. Thank you, Metasequoia.</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Honeylocust (<em>Gleditsia triacanthos</em>), Black Locust (<em>Robinia pseudoacacia</em>) and Kentucky Coffeetree (<em>Gymnocladus dioicus</em>) are all in the Fabaceae Family</span></strong><br />
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These three trees, native to the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States have a lot in common but many ways to tell them apart. Being relatives of the pea family they all have seeds that are encased in a pod-like structure. The pods ripen and turn dark brown in October. Honeylocust has long narrow pods from 8 to 18 inches long and an inch wide that twist into irregular shapes. Kids like to use them as a rattle. The Kentucky Coffeetree has pods 5 to 10 inches long and 2 inches wide with a very leathery surface. Black Locust has a smooth flat pod that is 2 to 4 inches long. <br />
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All three trees have leaves that are either pinnately compound, bipinately compound or a mixture of both. All three have alternate leaf placement.(See below for illustrations of a compound leaf). The Honeylocust has both kinds of leaves. The bipinnate leaves on the Honeylocust are 6 to 8 inches long as are the pinnate leaves. The Kentucky Coffeetree has bipinnate leaves that are amazingly 36 inches long and 24 inches wide. The Black Locust has pinnate leaves that are 6 to 14 inches long. Both the Kentucky Coffeetree and the Black Locust have leaflets that are a deep shade of green with a blue tinge. The Honeylocust has much lighter hued green leaves that tend to drop off earlier in the fall season then the other two. All three have leaflets that are between 1 to 2 inches long and oval in shape. The Coffeetree has pointed leaflets.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pinnately Compound Leaf from Kentucky Coffeetree (L) and Honeylocust(R)</span></strong><br />
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One is most likely to see the Honeylocust tree because after the loss of many of our American Elm trees this tree was planted as a street tree. Many cultivars were developed which eliminated the prickles along the stem of the species and eliminated the pods. Unfortunately this tree has developed many diseases and insect problems that are exacerbated by planting many of the same kind of tree along an avenue instead of a diversity of species. The bark of a long established Honeylocust is rough and furrowed of a grey/brown color. The tree became especially popular with landscapers because it was easy to transplant and grew in many different kinds of situations. Also one can grow grass under this tree because it casts just a light shade.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pinnately Compound Leaf from a Black Locust</span></strong><br />
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The Black Locust is considered a weedy tree because it sprouts from the roots so you frequently see it growing in a grove. Because of this characteristic it is a good tree to plant on a slope that you are trying to stabilize or along highways and areas where tree cover would be an advantage. It’s not fussy about soil. Not good for a specimen tree on a lawn area for you will constantly be mowing down the sprouts. The bark of the mature tree forms long furrowed very deep ridges of a grayish color. It has prickles along the stems. There are numerous cultivars that have been developed mostly by European breeders that have mostly eliminated the prickles.<br />
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My real favorite is the Kentucky Coffeetree. The bipinnate leaves are so unusual being so large and the tree has a strange knobby look in the winter once the leaves have fallen. It has an interesting bark with scale like ridges but a beautiful pattern to the bark. It was once common in New York State and hopefully more will be planted for it has no diseases or insects of importance. It got its common name because when coffee was in short supply in Kentucky, the beans were roasted and made into a kind of coffee. It is said that the leaves and seeds are toxic to man and beast but roasting kills the toxins in the beans. There has been some progress made to develop cultivars. Also cloning only male trees so they do not have pods on them prevents a messy situation on a lawn. The species is a large tree, 75 feet at maturity so it would best be planted in parks or other large areas.<br />
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All three of these trees are hardy in Zone 4 to 8 since they are native to the Northeastern US.<br />
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---Audrey Hawkins<br />
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Please join us for a celebration of Fall!<br />
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Sunday, October 28, 2012<br />
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br />
At the Visitor's Center<br />
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<strong>Activities Include:</strong><br />
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Aborteum Tour led by John Abbuhl starting at 2:00 p.m.<br />
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Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt<br />
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Letterboxing for Families <br />
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30 Significant Trees Self-Tour<br />
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Final viewing of Art Show featuring 30 local artists.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come and enjoy the season!</span><br />
<br />Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-91653751285039572742012-09-15T09:15:00.003-04:002012-09-15T09:15:55.727-04:00ART SHOW AND SALENow that summer activites are winding down, we are pleased to welcome 30 local artists for a SHOW AND SALE to CELEBRATE NATURE! The Opening Reception will be on Sunday Sept 23rd from 1-4 PM at the Visitors Center at 16 Maple Ave.Slingerlands, NY. The art works will remain at the Center though the month of October and all are invited to come during the usual "open hours" of 10 - 4 on Saturdays and Sundays. I will try for some pictures soon... Come and enjoy the art work and the property in this beautiful and "cooler" season . <br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-27812882701286998332012-09-14T12:43:00.002-04:002012-09-14T12:57:25.223-04:00AUGUST MADNESS AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM<strong>August Madness at Pine Hollow Arboretum</strong><strong><br /></strong><br />
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On August 26th, forty-six Fort Orange Wine Society (FOWS) members and friends took part in Dr. John’s summer excitement at Pine Hollow's Maple Avenue office building - and $4500 was donated to Pine Hollow Arboretum from the proceeds and silent auction! It wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of John and Kay Abbuhl, David and Susan Pratt, and the FOWS folk who worked with them. <br />
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Additionally FOWS members donated wines valued at more than a thousand dollars for the silent auction where only one wine sold below its value price! Successful bidders were generous and went home with some outstanding wines.<br />
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FOWS members Maura Gannon and Jim Linnan of Taste donated the delicious food, and Julie and Sami of their banquet staff provided quiet, friendly, and professional service.<br />
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Ralph Bonavist of Allstar Wine and Spirits in Latham donated a case of bodacious bubbly to help slake the thirst of a warm day, and four more wines provided the conversational lubricant. (If you want the tasting notes, contact Stu Horn at stuhorn@gmail.com).<br />
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If you missed it you missed a terrific afternoon: beautiful weather; Dr. John’s inimitable Arboretum walking tour; wonderful contemporary music by two talented musicians; but most of all the relaxed camaraderie of FOWS people enjoying themselves for a most worthy cause.<br />
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write-up by Stu Horn<br />
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Pine Hollow Arboretumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290177679459541133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919180714695222012.post-49206239676955071262012-09-09T19:51:00.001-04:002012-09-09T19:52:36.140-04:00SUMMER OF ACTIVITIES AT THE ARBORETUMWe had a great summer at the Arboretum! Here is a summary of some of our activities and accomplishments<br />
• Thanks to being recipients of grant funds, we developed an educational curriculum that allowed us to partner with the local school district to bring elementary students onsite to teach them about our unique collection of trees. <br />
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• Thanks to a significant donation, we hired a SUNY Environmental Science intern who worked onsite for 8 weeks. Some of her projects included: studying the biodiversity of the property, creating and displaying new signage, continuing our efforts to label all of our trees, managing our Facebook page and helping to create a letterboxing (scavenger hunt) series.<br />
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• The Breathing Room Yoga Studio held yoga classes at the Visitor’s Center and in the metaseqouia field. What fun!!<br />
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• The Rootdrinker Institute and Delmar Writers Group held a series of poetry readings at the Visitor’s Center.<br />
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• We created a letterboxing (outdoor scavenger hunt) series. You can find our letterbox clues on AtlasQuest.com. <br />
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Fall is a beautiful time to visit the arboretum. We hope you will come and enjoy the property. With the lack of rain over the summer, the leaves are expected to change color earlier than usual. We will keep you posted on when this starts to happen<br />
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