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[IBC] collecting trees
Hi all,
I am getting my plans ready to go collecting tree this winter. The problem is that I don't know what to expect when I go collecting. Sometimes I wonder what kind of animal I will meet (no wolfs or bears, please). I also find it hard to go collecting when there is no leaves to identify the tree. I was hoping to go with Mike Hanson this winter but I don't know how that will turn out. I live down here in central Texas and they have wonderful lacebark elm, cedar elm, river birch, Texas ebony, and oaks that I wish to aquire this winter. Another question. The site that I am looking at right now are own by coorperations for business. Do I still have to ask permissions to collect from there? They don't seem to put up any fences or other boundaries around the land. If anybody that lives close to Austin, that would like to go collecting with me please email me offline. Thanks a bunch, Luc Tran Zone 8b, Texas __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] collecting trees
I am getting my plans ready to go collecting tree this
winter. The problem is that I don't know what to expect when I go collecting. Sometimes I wonder what kind of animal I will meet (no wolfs or bears, please). I also find it hard to go collecting when there is no leaves to identify the tree. I was hoping to go with Mike Hanson this winter but I don't know how that will turn out. I live down here in central Texas and they have wonderful lacebark elm, cedar elm, river birch, Texas ebony, and oaks that I wish to acquire this winter. Lacebark elm are exotics (U. parvifolia, the Chinese elm) and you can get better ones at a nursery, or at a downtown urban renewal site for that matter. Oaks are tough to collect. As for animals, it probably will be too cold for the dangerous ones -- rattlesnakes -- but if you choose a warm day, keep your eyes open. Most of the dangerous stuff you would encournter will be thorny trees and shrubs -- and they're more than enough! Another question. The site that I am looking at right now are own by coorperations for business. Do I still have to ask permissions to collect from there? Yes! Absolutely! You also need permission to enter their property, fences or no fences. Everything that grows on the land is their property and corporations being what they are, someone probably considers a lot of it to be valuable. They also will not want the liability of non-company personnel wandering their land without their knowledge. They don't seem to put up any fences or other boundaries around the land. It still is private property. You front yard probably isn't fenced, either. Would you want someone to just walk on and start digging up the roses? If anybody that lives close to Austin, that would like to go collecting with me please email me offline. I recommend that you go with at least one experienced collector, one who can tell you which trees are collectible and which are not -- either because the site is impossible to collect from or the species is one that a beginner shouldn't tackle. Old timers on this list (and readers of ABS's Bonsai Journal) know my position on the ethics of collecting. Unfortunately, people keep telling me of bonsaiests who appear to have no ethics and who collect wherever they please and whatever they please -- including on protected lands out west and the taking of trees that should not be taken. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] collecting trees
Jim Lewis wrote:
I am getting my plans ready to go collecting tree this winter. The problem is that I don't know what to expect when I go collecting. Sometimes I wonder what kind of animal I will meet (no wolfs or bears, please). I also find it hard to go collecting when there is no leaves to identify the tree. I was hoping to go with Mike Hanson this winter but I don't know how that will turn out. I live down here in central Texas and they have wonderful lacebark elm, cedar elm, river birch, Texas ebony, and oaks that I wish to acquire this winter. snip I recommend that you go with at least one experienced collector, one who can tell you which trees are collectible and which are not -- either because the site is impossible to collect from or the species is one that a beginner shouldn't tackle. Definitely go with an experienced collector. There is nothing more discouraging than collecting a really nice tree, having absolutely no idea of how to collect it, or to care for it after you've dug it up, and having it die. Because I started collecting on my own with nobody to help me I killed a number of trees before I figured out how to do it properly. Another good thing would to be go off-season when the trees still have leaves to make identification easier. Bring a good tree id book. You could tag the trees with surveyor's tape or something else. Old timers on this list (and readers of ABS's Bonsai Journal) know my position on the ethics of collecting. I guess if I know your position on the ethics of collecting that makes me an old-timer? ;0} Unfortunately, people keep telling me of bonsaiests who appear to have no ethics and who collect wherever they please and whatever they please -- including on protected lands out west and the taking of trees that should not be taken. Getting permission is paramount. I've collected a few roadside trees without permission--all on my street, by the way, and on a section of shoulder that is going to be widened next year, but the bulk of my collected trees have all been collected on private land with permission. It's a lot more fun to collect with permission because you don't have to look over your shoulder to see if the park ranger or state police are taking special interest in what you're doing. If this is corporate land, as Jim mentioned, there are also liability issues for the owner. It may well be that you could get in and out with a few nice trees, but on the off chance that someone caught you, you could end up with a big price tag and no trees for your effort. Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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