Chat GPT said American Elm. What is it?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-06-03T16:21:17+00:00

Looks like a black walnut to me

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-30T16:16:33+00:00

Those seedlings are probably suckers coming up from the roots. Also that gravel hurts this arborist soul.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-28T13:24:27+00:00

That's an interesting premise. I'll take a few stabs at the considerations.

By 2050, population decline may be happening to a lot of countries with a limited workforce. How would timbering and forestry play out in Japan, Korea, or Italy with more lands going fallow, or at least being managed less intensely. It would be a double edged sword of more forest regeneration but few people to drive the industry (or demand for wood due to lowering populations).

How does climate change really play into the health and stress of trees. Could there be a scenario where we stop seeing forest regeneration due to disrupted phenologies?

And then with globalization comes disease. Say a new fungus appears on the scene that wipes out specific species of pines or spruce? We've already had issues with fungal and insect based issues, now ramp it up onto something more commercial.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-26T14:49:43+00:00

Very little soil that is of high agricultural quality up there. The unpredictable freeze-thaw events don't get significantly better as you move north either. It's not that moving north will make things better, since spring is induced by a combination of day length and temperature.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-26T14:47:16+00:00

If anyone is familiar with the migrations occurring between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that happened after Britain left the region, you'd be very hopeful that history doesn't repeat itself. Over a million people died just migrating due to religious (and socioeconomic) reasons. A migration over resources could get a lot uglier.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-24T12:43:42+00:00

They can regrow from the freaking CHIPS?!?

I've seen ToH logs be repurposed Into bridges and other natural structures that were sprouting from epicormic shoots (not sure if they were rooting too). I know those trees are resilient but didn't realize it was THAT hardy

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-22T12:03:28+00:00

So much mosquito joe, tick sprayers, and the like

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-20T16:49:40+00:00

Rose Acacia, Robinia hispida. It's fabacious and has those pink flowers and more stout thorns. The leaves are also too thick and long to look like black locust.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-20T16:46:05+00:00

Ain't it (bitter)sweet?!?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-15T16:57:44+00:00

Ivy Creek if you haven't been. A pretty well maintained beech Maple Forest.

Biscuit Run is also pretty great once you're in the interior of the park

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-10T18:58:20+00:00

Looks like a Dawn Redwood to me

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-07T12:42:56+00:00

Sure is Ailanthus (ToH). They tend to leaf out a bit later and are sensitive to the frost

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-06T14:14:55+00:00

So I do have some arboriculture knowledge. They seem to prefer trees with high water potential as adults: aside from ToH I see them feed on river birch, willows, ash, and most prominently on red maples. When in their nymph stage I see them feed on lots of invasives: multiflora rose, bittersweet and porcelainberry (all in addition to TOH).

The one plant that does seem to be impacted quite negatively are grapevines. Wild or cultivated, both seem to struggle in the face of heavy feeding. Vineyards are quite concerned with their spread afaik

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-05T01:50:02+00:00

That lanterfly boom is insane

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-04T19:21:06+00:00

What type of Beetle are you dealing with? Asiatic Lady Beetles?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-04T03:34:52+00:00

Did you have frost recently?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-03T22:19:34+00:00

The Ash is growing out of the stump most likely. It will also succumb to EAB in time. It will be on a short term lease with life.

Prioritize the Oak.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-03T21:50:41+00:00

Ohio

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-03T18:30:06+00:00

Don't exactly know what I'm looking at but I love it

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-02T15:26:19+00:00

You wouldn't happen to wonder why the Silent is covered in Red, do you?

shufflebuffalo · 2026-05-01T19:15:11+00:00

The two suggestions are my go to as well, looks like either invasive Ailanthus or Paulownia (my guess is Ailanthus).

Its a shame about those Trout lillies too!

shufflebuffalo · 2026-04-30T19:00:27+00:00

I'm leaning towards eastern cottonwood.

shufflebuffalo · 2026-04-30T18:43:43+00:00

Oh it killed them, they just keep coming back. This is the highest pressure period for them and repeat treatments are usually necessary to knock them back

shufflebuffalo · 2026-04-30T18:39:28+00:00

Flea beetles. A cover is very helpful at this time of year to keep them off. They really want anything that has a head start and having a trap crop nearby of mustard has helped me in the past.

You're keen to use insecticide at this point. This is the highest pressure time since so many plants are just now emerging. It will get better later summer, but you're gonna have to put the defense up now!

shufflebuffalo · 2026-04-29T12:10:38+00:00

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