NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 11, 2021 (Wednesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** A very big thank you to Dan Hicks for
spending his evening on Tuesday with a keen group of Nature Moncton naturalists
seeing some trees that the City of Moncton has planted that many of us were not
aware were here and sharing the interesting material about them and their life
and times. Many are on the border of hardiness, but the bowl of Centennial Park
seems productive. Trees like DAWN
REDWOOD, SYCAMORE, TULIP, PLANE TREE, HICKORY, SWEETGUM, CATALPA and
more.
Brian Stone did a nice job of capturing
some photos of the trees and some of the other side action noted.
Centennial Park has become a very special
place and there is a lot of effort going into improving it. Dan HAS put
together a list of some other interesting trees about the city and elsewhere
with directions on how to have an audience with them. Dan’s list is attached
below.
Neat Trees in Moncton
Here’s a list of some
interesting trees suggested by park staff in Moncton. These trees may be interesting
due to form, species and cultivar or just simply great specimens in the right
location. Many are private trees in front of homes so please admire with
respect for the property owner.
Large flowering Hawthorne – 15
Rosedale - Valleyview Park flower beds at top of walkway
Large Green Ash – 205 Storey
Road East – Private tree on front lawn – unless treated for prevention of
Emerald Ash Borer damage it is likely to be gone in the next 5 years.
Large Honey Locust – 129/131
Broadview – in boulevard in front of house. Only one in the city we are aware
of that is the thorned variety.
Gingko biloba (2) – Northwest
corner of Gordon and Weldon in boulevard. Nice form and habit
Ironwood (2) Northeast corner
of Alma and Queen in boulevard. Not common in the area
Golden Chaintree (2) – either
side of main entrance to City Hall Lobby. Only ones in the area, closest other
ones at Kingsbrae Gardens on arbor.
Magnolia – (5) Riverfront Park
on east wall of former Assomption Street Fire station
Dawn Redwood – Centennial Park
gardens next to the maintenance depot, bottom of sliding hill, around Colvert
Trail and near the new Centennial Pool.
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Riverfront Park in beds behind Assomption Street Fire station
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Victoria park
- Avenir Center Plaza
Castle Manor – Large Red Oak
(center lawn) Large Mountain Ash (Great Trees of NB book) on eastern edge of
tree line on west side of the property near clump of 3 oaks in the lawn. May be
largest in North America and not many years left. Enjoy soon.
Katsura Trees – (3) in a row on
top of culvert below Mount Royal that connects water bodies of Jones Lake on
west side. Only ones aware of in the region. Heart shaped leaves
Largest girth tree in Moncton –
Silver Maple – 100 Somerset Drive – 143 cm dbh
Northern Catalpa - behind carwash
on Donald at Elmwood and in front of residences at 19/23 Athlone
Kentucky Coffee Trees – in
front of apartment building at 454 Elmwood
American Elm – in front of the
Bluehouse Dental Center 710 Elmwood
Red Oak at the corner of McLaughlin and Morton near
Subway restaurant. Development was adjusted to accommodate and save the tree.
** Georges Brun sends a photo of
several GREAT BLUE HERONS that he
photographed at Bis Marsh, one of which appears to be a leucistic Great Blue
Heron. A similar bird has been noted at other sites such as Cap Brule for
several weeks to leave the possibility that it may be the same bird.
** Aldo Dorio comments that it seems to
be the year of the EASTERN BLUEBIRD
in the Neguac area. He is seeing them frequently, never having seen so many in
the past.
** Brian Stone shares a few photos from
the Tuesday evening Nature Moncton outing including some tree and group images
and a photo of a GREAT BLUE HERON
and a WOOD DUCK. Also photographed
was the 2.5-day old waxing crescent MOON
(8% full) side by side with the planet VENUS
as was seen by some at the end of the outing.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
