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2 Bucikthorn Identification

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Buckthorn Baggie
4 Glossy or alder buckthorn

Glossy or alder buckthorn
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Deer, Interfering Vegetation, and Factors to Guide the Treatment of the Green Lie

I'm sharing here the content and some details from the webinar titled as above on April 16, 2025.  The archived webinar is here.Description:Many woodlands give the appearance of vigor and health because the vegetation is lush and green. However, the mixture of species is important as this determines the future of the woods, and the services it can provide. A concept known as the “Green Lie” describes a woodlot that is…See More
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John McNerney replied to Randy Williams's discussion How to get rid of buckthorn
"Vinegar did not work for me, at least not as part of a cut stump treatment. I tried it long ago. I don;t recall the concentration, but I know it was significantly stronger than grocery store vinegar. (I borrowed some from a friend who had purchased…"
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Eleni Jousma replied to Randy Williams's discussion How to get rid of buckthorn
"Would 30% vinegar work?  Repeated treatments?"
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Eleni Jousma replied to Allen Nichols's discussion grafting beech
"I don’t know anything about grafting chestnuts but very interested in getting seedlings or young trees to plant on our land.  How can I do that? "
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Deer, Interfering Vegetation, and Factors to Guide the Treatment of the Green Lie

Posted by Peter Smallidge on April 17, 2025 at 7:30am 0 Comments

I'm sharing here the content and some details from the webinar titled as above on April 16, 2025.  The archived webinar is here.

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Many woodlands give the appearance of vigor and health because the vegetation is lush and green. However, the mixture of species is important as this determines the future of the woods, and the services it can provide. A concept known as the…

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Northeast Silviculture Institute and Climate Adaptation Training

Posted by Peter Smallidge on January 2, 2024 at 11:05am 0 Comments

New Climate Adaptation and Forest Carbon training from the Silviculture Institute available to all online

 

On October 11-12 of this year, 50 foresters attended graduate level training in Climate Adaptation and Forest Carbon in a new Module of the…

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Stressors of Maple Trees - PSU webinar archived

Posted by Peter Smallidge on October 27, 2023 at 8:23am 0 Comments

Have you noticed areas with maples looking not as healthy as others? Maple decline is not due to a disease or pest but can be from various stress factors. During Stressors of Maple: Dieback and Mortality, learn about some of the causes attributed to poor maple health and canopy dieback.

We will discuss a case study of a northern hardwood landscape in the Upper Great Lakes region, where maple dieback has been associated with impacts from invasive…

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Do Trees Talk?

Posted by Peter Smallidge on October 20, 2023 at 9:55am 0 Comments

In recent years there have been a couple books that assert, at some level, that trees have attributes typically only associated with rationale sentient beings.  I have read neither book, but the descriptions of those shared with me by several people didn't align with my understanding of, roughly, rocks and minerals, soil, microbes, plants, mammals, and humans...a progression towards sentience.

Two recent publications have called into question the validity of asserting that trees talk,…

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How to get rid of buckthorn

Started by Randy Williams in Woodlot Management. Last reply by John McNerney Mar 18. 5 Replies

I have some property where the best timber was harvested several years before I purchased it.  There are now many areas where the buckthorn is so thick that nothing will grow under it.  I am looking for suggestions on how to get these areas back…Continue

grafting beech

Started by Allen Nichols in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Eleni Jousma Mar 18. 2 Replies

I am a director for the NY chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. We expect to have a blight resistant tree to introduce to the public in 5 to 10 years.In the interm, before we have blight resistant nuts from these trees, I would like to graft…Continue

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Lew Ward Feb 8. 1 Reply

Picture of a hemlock with rust colored bark.  When I cut a nearby tree, also with rust colored bark, it was infested with HWA.  Attached picture shows a Logrite ATV arch in use.Continue

Looking for white mulberry trees for research

Started by Connor Youngerman in Agroforestry. Last reply by Lew Ward Feb 8. 1 Reply

Greetings forestry ning communities! My name is Connor Youngerman, and I’m an extension support specialist at the Cornell Small Farms Program; my focus is agroforestry and mushroom production. We are currently working on a research grant to…Continue

My comments to the proposed changes to the 480a Forest Tax Law.

Started by Stephen Kutney in Woodlot Management Jan 29. 0 Replies

I sent the comments below to bslmregs@dec.ny.gov.  I’m writing to comment on the proposed changes to the 480a tax law.  My property is in the 480a Forestry Tax program.  I have been doing timber stand improvement projects on my property since 1968,…Continue

Ginko

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Jan 27. 0 Replies

Some fun facts about a tree that has always fascinated me:…Continue

Small-Scale Logging

Started by Peter Smallidge in Project Profiles. Last reply by John McNerney Apr 15, 2024. 4 Replies

Small-Scale Logging: Sugarbush and Woodlot Management Issue:  Many woodlot owners and maple syrup producers want to be more active in gathering logs or firewood from their property.  Often there are too few acres or too few trees to attract a…Continue

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Replanting after timber harvest with climate change in mind

Started by Ben T. in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Patrik Schumann Mar 26, 2024. 1 Reply

Hi Everyone,I’ve been wondering what tree species are going to thrive over the next 50+ years as the climate warms in New York and I’m curious if folks are enhancing plantings of particular tree species for future commercial harvest with warmer and…Continue

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