Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
One of the most common groups of trees is the maples. In Upstate New York, it's primarily the sugar maple, which gives the hills the gold/orange/red fall coloring. The sugar maple is NYS' state tree. Another common group is the oaks, with probably red oaks being most common in natural settings. Two other common nut trees are the hickory which comes in many varieties and the American beech. There's a wide variety of birches, willows, and alders. A common tree that was introduced and has become somewhat of a pest in some areas is the black locust.
The two primary conifers in Upstate NY are the white pine and the white spruce. I think that there are some areas of the Adirondaks that have balsam fir forests, and there's some Atlantic white cedar in parts of the Hudson Valley. Jack pines are common in the pine barrens on Long Island and in the Pine Bush near Albany.
At one time, the American chestnut and the American elm were commonplace, but the chestnuts were killed off in the early 20th century by a blight and the elms were killed off by the 1960s by a pest.
In your picture, it's hard to identify the trees because of the distance. However, there appear to be one or more pines, probably white pines, at the far right of the trees, next to the horizon.
At the far left, by the light, that might be a maple with the bare branches. Maples really don't do well in areas with high traffic because of the pollution.
We also have many locust trees ( not black locust/ these have no thorns) which are often roadside town-planted as the smaller leaves do not clog the sewers and creeks as larger tree leaves do. The newest problem tree is the ash -- because of the ash borer. Also, any old areas have huge catalpas - one farmer near me told me they planted northern catalpas for phone poles __ tall and straight; recently, the only ones around are shrubby ones ( made short for ornamentals).
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
4,409 posts, read 6,536,583 times
Reputation: 6253
Quote:
Originally Posted by Linda_d
At one time, the American chestnut and the American elm were commonplace, but the chestnuts were killed off in the early 20th century by a blight and the elms were killed off by the 1960s by a pest.
Those are still around actually. Fortunately, they did not go extinct from the region, especially the elms.
There are a lot of Chestnut trees out where I grew up in the southern tier.
New York also has a lot of red and silver maples, both of which can take a lot more pollution than the sugar maple. You even see them planted in NYC. Another tree with brilliant fall colors that you have a lot of downstate is the sweet gum. Beyond that, most of the major trees have been listed by Linda.
There are some species of cherry common in NY. The Black cherry, and naturalized sweet cherry. There's been breeding of the remaining chestnuts and elms to restore the population. The survivors have varying degree of resistance to the diseases that decimated the chestnuts and the elms.
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
4,409 posts, read 6,536,583 times
Reputation: 6253
Quote:
Originally Posted by NyWriterdude
New York also has a lot of red and silver maples, both of which can take a lot more pollution than the sugar maple. You even see them planted in NYC. Another tree with brilliant fall colors that you have a lot of downstate is the sweet gum. Beyond that, most of the major trees have been listed by Linda.
There are some species of cherry common in NY. The Black cherry, and naturalized sweet cherry. There's been breeding of the remaining chestnuts and elms to restore the population. The survivors have varying degree of resistance to the diseases that decimated the chestnuts and the elms.
Does New York have wild hickory trees or walnuts?
Oh yes, definitely walnut trees. My parent's farm has black walnut trees everywhere.
The most common trees you are going to find in Bronxville, from your picture, are Red and White Oak, Beech, Tulip Poplar, Hickory, Black Birch (River Birch), American Sycamore, and White Pine. There is also a lot of naturalized Norway Maple and Horse Chestnut, invasive tree species, in the woods of the area.
Those are still around actually. Fortunately, they did not go extinct from the region, especially the elms.
There are a lot of Chestnut trees out where I grew up in the southern tier.
Shh... no one is supposed to know about the old growth still alive there. I hope they can extract a solution on why these did not die off.... so they can repopulate American chestnuts ( as opposed to horse chestnuts, which did not die off) and also elms.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
