| Trees of Stillwater Woods | ||
| Hardwoods | abrev | notes |
| Beech | Be | often diseased, may recover |
| Grey Birch | gB | a smallish tree, unusual, not much value |
| White Birch | wB | Paper Birch, rare, not in inventory |
| Yellow Birch | yB | |
| Sugar Maple | sM | great maple syrup |
| Red Maple | rM | |
| Striped Maple | stM | Moose Maple, no value |
| Alder | Al | Speckled Alder, no value but fixes nitrogen |
| White Oak | wO | Ours may be Red Oak, according to trees of Canada, rare |
| Pin Cherry | cH | sparse, no value |
| sumac or mountain ash | rare, no value - these two are different plants, I am not sure which is present here | |
| Poplar | rare, little value - this may either Trembling or Largetooth Aspen | |
| Softwoods | ||
| Balsam Fir | bF | Christmas Trees |
| Red Spruce | rS | |
| Eastern Hemlock | eH | |
| Eastern White Pine | wP | |
| Larch | L | Tamarack, large samples have value, rot resistant |
| Eastern White Cedar | Ce | Arbor-Vitae, introduced species NB native |
Saturday, 20 January 2007
Trees of Stillwater Lake
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About Me
- Doug Frizzle
- As an armed forces brat, we lived in Rockcliff (Ottawa), Namao (Edmonton), Southport (Portage La Prairie), Manitoba, and Dad retired to St. Margaret's Bay, NS.
Working with the Federal Govenment for 25 years, Canadian Hydrographic Service, mostly. Now married to Gail Kelly, with two grown children, Luke and Denyse. Retired to my woodlot at Stillwater Lake, NS, on the rainy days I study the life and work of A. Hyatt Verrill 1871-1954.
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