Discovering a tree

[Jeff]

Exciting when you find a find on your property you did not know that was there! A Mystical Magical Rowan Tree that mysteriously has appeared in fruit along a long used trail. Rowan, otherwise known as a Mountain Ash.

[doc henderson]

Troop 1 "Where eagles soar"!  I am sure the more time and work you put in, the more treasures you will discover.  Some aspects may just become more special as this becomes your home.  Might be some magic in that shirt!  

[Magicman]

Isn't that the same species tree that you have in probably the SW corner of your back yard in Harrison?   

[Jeff]

Isn't that the same species tree that you have in probably the SW corner of your back yard in Harrison? 

Yes it is, and I planted that one. We also planted one here at the cabin in the yard, but it was attacked by wasps when yound and died. One of the slides  on the forum slide show is a wasp harvesting fiber from that tree.

I wear tshirts alot up here because I can easily wash them in the sink, and that scout shirt is my explorer shirt. 

This tree is about a 1/4 mile back from the house right in the middle of the property. Its possible it came from that original tree, or, its possible Pete planted it, or its just randomly there. You see them alot in town.
 

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[WhitePineJunky]

We have mountain ash here, I like them, although they mostly grow into bush rather than tree 

[Ron Scott]

Great find adding to the area's wildlife vegetative diversity. Maintain its crown opening as you can.

[Jeff]

That is what I was going to ask. I was thinking I should I go back there and thin out its competition. It looks big enough to fend off being browsed now.

[Ron Scott]

Yes, remove the competition around it so that it has sufficient crown growing space. Manage it as a wildlife crop tree.

[twar]

The European species (Sorbus aucuparia) is a common fence-row tree here. You find them most everywhere, both in the woods and in the yard (along the fence). Birds obviously love them and they are browsed heavily by moose. The years with a good crop of rowan berries means nice clean apples, because the apple fruit moth prefers rowan berries instead of apples.

[Jeff]

This was a sad observance. I dont have too many birch, but this one has had a number done on it.

[Ron Scott]

Paper birch is short lived and prone to insect damage. They do add to the aesthetics of one's property and are often retained for that purpose where they are low in numbers.

[SwampDonkey]

Depending on what part of the range the white birch grows it can actually live a long life. We get white birch to 36"up here. I have one now near the road that is a good 22" dbh with nice crown. After awhile the white birch bark becomes rough and platey on the but log, like old yellow birch. I have them scattered on the front part of the woodlot and a small grove that took over a cedar harvest area, mixed in aspen.

I found a mountain ash this summer along the perimeter of where I was thinning. The black bears had to top ripped out of it, any limb attached was pointing toward the dirt.

We have a lot of European mountain ash around here, the old people planted them on homesteads. They have a light golden or silvery bark. One way to be sure if it is a wild native mountain ash is to squeeze the terminal bud and see if it is sticky. If it is sticky, it's native. All the mountain ash around the yard here are European. Many also on the line fence rows, but can also be wild ones on fence rows. I found this European one just in off a road. It is mislabelled in the gallery. 12"dbh