Katrina update: Big Trees.From the editor: Big trees are a hallmark of the South and there were many in that bayou region before Katrina came calling. Some of these trees are national champions who set the standard all others of their species could only dream of achieving. Next spring will bring a new edition of the National Register of Big Trees The National Register of Big Trees is a list of the largest living specimens of each tree variety found in the continental United States. A tree on this list is often called a National Champion Tree. , and we hope to have the joys and sorrows of Katrina reflected in its pages. As it becomes possible we hope anyone with information will let us know how the trees fared either by phone, email, or letter. If you have any information or photos of these national champion trees, please let us know by email at info@amfor.org, by phone at 202/737-1944, or by mail at AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens , PO Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013. IN LOUISIANA: * Common baldcypress, Cat Island, * Co-champ live oak, near Lewisburg (we have heard it fared well) * Riverflat hawthorn hawthorn, any species of the genus Crataegus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), shrubs and trees widely distributed in north temperate climates and especially common in E North America. , Union. IN MISSISSIPPI: * Water oak, Ellisville * Tree sparkleberry, DeSoto NF * Arkansas oak, Covington County Covington County is the name of a couple of counties in the United States:
* Parsley hawthorn, Covington County * Southern magnolia, Jones County IN ALABAMA: * Odorless o·dor·less adj. Having no odor. o  dor·less·ly adv.o bayberry bayberry, common name for the Myricaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with aromatic foliage, found chiefly in temperate and subtropical regions. The waxy gray "berries" of the North American wild or cultivated bayberry shrubs (chiefly Myrica cerifera , Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile * Atlantic white-cedar, Brewton * Sparkleberry, Evergreen Country Club WRITE US! Compliments? Complaints? Questions? E-mail your Letters to the Editor to mrobbins@amfor.org or write to us c/o Editor, American Forests, PO Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013. American Forests reserves the right to edit letters. |
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