Trees & things to identify

18 years ago

Hi everyone....I'm new to Gardenweb and I've just posted a message in "Name this Plant" and thought that I'd duplicate it here. I need help to identify trees and things that are on 8 acres in southern Herkimer county.

So here's the scoop. I'm not positive what zone I'm in 4b or 5a. The woodlands cover roughly 2 acres of the 8 acres and it is a fairly moist piece of land (2 culverts running through it) and have been thriving (soil is BLACK) since it was abandoned in the 60s. We were there in October this past year and took lots of pictures but did not get a chance to walk through all of it. I've been able to identify some things - maple (Dad says sugar but I haven't checked every single tree yet to verify), birch, sumac, one evergreen/conifer, an argument on poplars or willows (they are so freaking tall it's hard to tell). There was huge grapevine everywhere so I started cutting it off as many trees as I could with the time we had to work on it. Wild rose, berries - raspberry maybe blackberry, pokeberry, burdock, and god help me Japanese knotweed.

I've contacted a forestry consultant and will also contact Region 6 headquarters of the NYS forestry department and see about a walkthru in the spring. But for now it's me and the internet.

All of the images I have are too large to add to a post. Does anyone want to see the pics and play detective with me? I'd appreciate any help.

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Jeannineinthecountry
Original Author
18 years ago
Here's the link to my pics at Photobucket.com. Thanks for any help! Happy New Year!

Here is a link that might be useful: Jeannineinthecountry
gottagarden
18 years ago
Wow, it looks like you have a beautiful piece of property! I glanced at your photos, but it's hard to tell which ones you wanted to identify.

I'm curious about a walkthrough by the forestry dept. What is it, and have you ever had one done before?

I'm a master gardener and when I took the course they had a tree identification sheet for winter, when there are no leaves. It was amazingly easy. I suggest contacting your local county cooperative extension to see if you can get a copy of this 4 page identification guide. They are very helpful.
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hammerl
18 years ago
I'm not a master gardener, but I'd swear one of those pictures has some type of rose in it. Definitely the right number of leaves, thorns, the whole nine yards. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Jeannineinthecountry/Identify9.jpg

And another might have a big willow, not sure of the type. Hard to tell without being closer to the leaves. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Jeannineinthecountry/IdentifyPoplars.jpg
I don't think they're poplars, but I might be wrong. I'd guess black willow, perhaps.
Jeannineinthecountry
Original Author
18 years ago
I've updated my pics in photobucket to put in some of the things identified. I've also had a response from the Forestry department. All I had to do was call the closest Headquarters (I happen to have one in Herkimer (10 miles from the property). The lady there said as soon as I knew when we'd be there, call and set up an appointment and she'd walk through the woods with us and write up a report as to forest management and other ideas that may be state funded. COOOLLLLL! And it's free.

I also called the local Cornell Cooperative Extension for tree id and seedling purchase. They told me to call the Soil & Water Conservation department (also local one in Herkimer). I've yet to find out how it works but I'll pass along the information to all of you once I know.

Thanks again for checking out my pics and helping out!