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Should I Ditch this Norway Maple?
The enormous garden I'm reworking has a sapling Norway maple planted on
the property line & my first inclination upon spotting it was to get rid of it. There are hundreds of spots all around this property that need attention and I have to be conservative about removing stuff that has already been done, but I just think the future dominance of this tree could in a decade be a nuisance to maintaining substory plants or fruiting trees. The owners of the place pretty much trust whatever I decide, but there's so much that I'm uncertain about, & maybe I'm over-reacting to not like this sapling & for predicting it'll be a crummy tree someday. Anyone with a big Norway maple in their yard that they now wish someone dug up & discarded back when it was still a sapling? Anyone who has abject praise for theirs? -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com |
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By all means, in every case, lose the damned Norway maple! This tree adds
nothing to the urban or suburban forest, and is nothing but a noxious invader. I have never seen a Norway that could not have been replaced with a better (usually native) species. ML -- Mike LaMana, MS, CTE Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC Toms River, NJ www.HeartwoodConsulting.net "paghat" wrote in message news The enormous garden I'm reworking has a sapling Norway maple planted on the property line & my first inclination upon spotting it was to get rid of it. There are hundreds of spots all around this property that need attention and I have to be conservative about removing stuff that has already been done, but I just think the future dominance of this tree could in a decade be a nuisance to maintaining substory plants or fruiting trees. The owners of the place pretty much trust whatever I decide, but there's so much that I'm uncertain about, & maybe I'm over-reacting to not like this sapling & for predicting it'll be a crummy tree someday. Anyone with a big Norway maple in their yard that they now wish someone dug up & discarded back when it was still a sapling? Anyone who has abject praise for theirs? -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:59:53 -0500, "Mike LaMana"
fake@MikeatHeartwoodConsultingdotnet wrote: By all means, in every case, lose the damned Norway maple! This tree adds nothing to the urban or suburban forest, and is nothing but a noxious invader. I have never seen a Norway that could not have been replaced with a better (usually native) species. Our local community college (up here in Sussex County) has tons of the damn things on the property. Some of the ones closer to the academic halls STILL HAVE THEIR (partially) GREEN LEAVES (most native trees lost their leaves around here over four WEEKS ago). I'm going to recommend the school try & remove them, I don't think anyone's brought it to their attention just yet. The only major problem with removal would be erosion. The school is built on a steep hill, and much of that is being held back by maple roots. Dan nw NJ |
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The fact that these weeds keep their leaves so long is their only saving
grace: About mid-October I used to send my crews out to "...cut down all the trees that still had their leaves on". Makes restoration ecology a tad easier. In all seriousness, the dense, shallow root mat does serve a decent soil conservation function, but especially in Sussex Co. this could be as well achieved with Sugar maple. Go figure... ML -- Mike LaMana, MS CTE Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC Toms River, NJ www.HeartwoodConsulting.net "Dan" wrote in message news On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:59:53 -0500, "Mike LaMana" fake@MikeatHeartwoodConsultingdotnet wrote: By all means, in every case, lose the damned Norway maple! This tree adds nothing to the urban or suburban forest, and is nothing but a noxious invader. I have never seen a Norway that could not have been replaced with a better (usually native) species. Our local community college (up here in Sussex County) has tons of the damn things on the property. Some of the ones closer to the academic halls STILL HAVE THEIR (partially) GREEN LEAVES (most native trees lost their leaves around here over four WEEKS ago). I'm going to recommend the school try & remove them, I don't think anyone's brought it to their attention just yet. The only major problem with removal would be erosion. The school is built on a steep hill, and much of that is being held back by maple roots. Dan nw NJ |
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