Trees

Pollen Pollution and Environmental Justice in Lancaster City

As noted elsewhere (see “Special Topics:  Lancaster’s Mulberry Trees”), White Mulberry today lives everywhere in Lancaster...

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Tree Treasures Guidelines

Most of America’s 3,143 counties would be enriched by developing their own Tree Treasures website to identify, celebrate, and...

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Lancaster’s Tree Organizations

Backyard Fruit Growers  BFG began in 1990 as an exchange of information “for amateurs and...

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Tree of Heaven’s Better Angels

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is a much maligned, even demonized plant these days. It...

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Bald Cypress and Chicago’s World Fair

Bald Cypress in Willow Street      Living Souvenirs from the White City Three Bald Cypress...

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The Kaneko Ginkgos

The Kaneko Ginkgos of Lancaster  County Massive, towering ginkgo trees (Ginkgo biloba) are scattered throughout Lancaster Cemetery. ...

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Measuring Trees

A Word About Measuring Tree Size American Forests, the conservation organization that administers the National Big Tree...

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Mulberry Trees and Lancaster’s Silk Industry

Links With The Past:  Mulberry Trees And Lancaster’s Silk Industry It’s obvious that aged trees...

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Estimating the Age of Trees

How Old Is That Tree? People are always interested in how old a tree is,...

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