The Nature Club is embarking on a new project - a publication about the trees of Gloucester County. For each species, there will be identifying information, a description of the range nationwide and in New Jersey, habitat information, a compilation of hopefully-interesting facts, and notes on where to find the species in Gloucester County. There will be photos of leaves, fruit, bark, and overall aspect. Between 35 and 40 species will be covered.
We would like to tell readers of this publication where to find some good examples of each species. So if anyone can provide locations for exceptionally large, well-grown specimens of any native trees (plus non-native white pine, princess tree, Norway maple, Norway spruce, black locust, and common catalpa) that are growing on public land or that are easily visible from a public road, please get this information to Karl Anderson, 46 North Childs Street, Woodbury NJ 08096; karlanderson6@aol.com.
We are interested in knowing about exceptional specimens of any tree, particularly native trees; but we are particularly interested in knowing about very large and well-formed individuals of the following species:
- Atlantic white cedar - Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
- Shortleaf pine - Pinus echinata
- Pitch pine - Pinus rigida
- Virginia pine - Pinus virginiana
- Red maple - Acer rubrum
- Gray birch - Betula populifolia
- Mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
- American chestnut - Castanea dentata
- Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana
- American beech - Fagus grandifolia
- White ash - Fraxinus americana
- American holly - Ilex opaca
- Black walnut - Juglans nigra
- Sweet gum - Liquidambar styraciflua
- Tulip tree - Liriodendron tulipifera
- Sweet bay - Magnolia virginiana
- Black gum - Nyssa sylvatica
- Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
- Black cherry - Prunus serotina
- White oak - Quercus alba
- Southern red (Spanish) oak - Quercus falcata
- Chestnut oak - Quercus prinus
- Willow oak - Quercus phellos
- Black oak - Quercus velutina
- Black willow - Salix nigra
- Sassafras - Sassafras albidum
- American elm - Ulmus americana
- Shingle oak - Quercus imbricaria
- Common catalpa - Catalpa bignonioides
- Northern catalpa - Catalpa speciosa
- White pine - Pinus strobus
- Black locust - Robinia pseudoacacia
- Norway maple - Acer platanoides
- Norway spruce - Picea abies
- Princess tree - Paulownia tomentosa