By:b hirst
WHAT TREE AM I?
I am NOT a native specie in Bucks County or even anywhere in
Pennsylvania.
Although I can survive quite well when planted in the Mid-Atlantic and
Northeast states, I am actually native to the American Southwest and
northern Mexico. Yes, Mexico, the southern country with silver mines and
jewelry.
Speaking of silver, my bark is a light silvery gray when I'm a young
sapling, but becomes a dark ashen gray when I'm mature. When mature, my height will be in the general range of 30 to 50 feet.
I grow moderately slowly, even when I'm happily thriving, and I
tolerate hardiness zones 4a to 7, where minimum winter low temperatures can be from 5 degrees above 0 to as cold as 30 degrees below zero, as in places like Minnesota and Montana. Not bad for a southern native, huh?
I haven't told you anywhere near enough yet for you to guess what tree
I am, so read on. My flowers are brown, a rich, dark brown. They're 3 and a
half to as much as 5 and a half inches long, sitting on top of my upper
leaves.
Leaves? Why the most critical clue to tree identification, is our leaves, right? Well, mine are glaucous on both sides, flat, very thin, and long, smelling like tangerines when crushed. The leaves are so long and thin, up to 2 and a half inches long while just a quarter of an inch wide, with a silvery (again with the silver?) bluish-green color, that they look almost like needles.
Needles? Eureka, I'm a conifer, an "evergreen-type tree."
So that's why my flowers are brown; the source of seeds, the flowers of coniferous trees are cones, like deciduous (hardwood trees) have fruits and nuts for flowers...
But which of the of almost 600 species of conifer, according to the
American Conifer Society that many exist today, l am I?
As a conifer, my profile, my form or tree shape, is like a pyramid,
like a perfect Christmas tree.
Here's a great hint: I am very similar in appearance to the pyramidal
landscaping favorite and oft-used Christmas tree, the Colorado Spruce.
But please note, I'm more resistant to the numerous pests that afflict the
Colorado Spruce.
I like moist, well-drained soils, loamy, even sandy, and I like lots of
sun. I don't like clay soils, heavy and poorly drained. I do tolerate dry
conditions better than others in my genus do, I am from Mexico after
all, but still not especially well. I like the countryside and suburbia, but
not living in dense cities. I make a great windbreak and sunshade, but not
on a downtown street.
I'm available year 'round at HighlandHill Farm and SeedlingsRus
Enough already, so what tree am I?
WHAT TREE AM I?
I am NOT a native specie in Bucks County or even anywhere in
Pennsylvania.
Although I can survive quite well when planted in the Mid-Atlantic and
Northeast states, I am actually native to the American Southwest and
northern Mexico. Yes, Mexico, the southern country with silver mines and
jewelry.
Speaking of silver, my bark is a light silvery gray when I'm a young
sapling, but becomes a dark ashen gray when I'm mature. When mature, my height will be in the general range of 30 to 50 feet.
I grow moderately slowly, even when I'm happily thriving, and I
tolerate hardiness zones 4a to 7, where minimum winter low temperatures can be from 5 degrees above 0 to as cold as 30 degrees below zero, as in places like Minnesota and Montana. Not bad for a southern native, huh?
I haven't told you anywhere near enough yet for you to guess what tree
I am, so read on. My flowers are brown, a rich, dark brown. They're 3 and a
half to as much as 5 and a half inches long, sitting on top of my upper
leaves.
Leaves? Why the most critical clue to tree identification, is our leaves, right? Well, mine are glaucous on both sides, flat, very thin, and long, smelling like tangerines when crushed. The leaves are so long and thin, up to 2 and a half inches long while just a quarter of an inch wide, with a silvery (again with the silver?) bluish-green color, that they look almost like needles.
Needles? Eureka, I'm a conifer, an "evergreen-type tree."
So that's why my flowers are brown; the source of seeds, the flowers of coniferous trees are cones, like deciduous (hardwood trees) have fruits and nuts for flowers...
But which of the of almost 600 species of conifer, according to the
American Conifer Society that many exist today, l am I?
As a conifer, my profile, my form or tree shape, is like a pyramid,
like a perfect Christmas tree.
Here's a great hint: I am very similar in appearance to the pyramidal
landscaping favorite and oft-used Christmas tree, the Colorado Spruce.
But please note, I'm more resistant to the numerous pests that afflict the
Colorado Spruce.
I like moist, well-drained soils, loamy, even sandy, and I like lots of
sun. I don't like clay soils, heavy and poorly drained. I do tolerate dry
conditions better than others in my genus do, I am from Mexico after
all, but still not especially well. I like the countryside and suburbia, but
not living in dense cities. I make a great windbreak and sunshade, but not
on a downtown street.
I'm available year 'round at HighlandHill Farm and SeedlingsRus
Enough already, so what tree am I?
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