Tour - Dendrology Final Walking Tour

Dendrology Final Walking Tour

Baring, Maine 04694, United States

Created By: Unity College

Tour Information

This tour takes place in my own yard. My yard is located on 19 Hope Lane, in Baring Maine. This tour does not require you bring any equipment unless you would like to bring your camera for your own personal pictures of the foliage. The terrain is not rough although it can get muddy so footwear is not an issue but I would not reccomend wearing your favorite white sneakers. Depending on the time of year it could be chilly so dress appropriately so you are comfortable. Bugs can be annoying so consider bringing insect repellant. The tour wraps up at the house, so vistors are welcome to come in for a refreshment after the tour.

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What You'll See on the Tour

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Starting out this tour the first stop will showcase 2 different trees. The Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana). These trees can be found on the right hand side of my yard, on the edge of the woods without h... Read more

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The second stop includes Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) & Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa). These are two very different types of species as Sugar maple tend to be large, and alder tend to be smaller. We are starting to move towards the bac... Read more

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In this stop we are now behind the house, along the treeline you can observe Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) & Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). Quaking aspen are very cool as their sound is unmistakable. When the wind blows, t... Read more

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Tamarack (Larix laricina) Gray Birch (Betula populifolia) Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

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As we have been around the house we are now starting to come back towards the front. We start to see trees such as Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) & American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). Here we start to see d... Read more

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Now that we are to the front of the house, at this stop we see trees such as Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) & Apple Trees (Malus domestica). The eastern white pine has the distinction of b... Read more

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Almost back to the begining, on the second to final stop, we can see White Spruce (Picea glauca) White Birch (Betula papyrifer) & Virginia Rose (Rosa virginiana) I included white birch because the bark is hard to mistake. It is also ... Read more

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The final stop... here we come up to the house to wrap up the tour. This is where things really start to differ in terms of soil conditions. In the garden section, we see things such as Common Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) Great Laurel (Rhod... Read more