Black Hill Regional Park Orchard
This orchard was founded in 2010, originally as a demonstration orchard, but is now being converted to a mother tree orchard
For a list of the plantings as of June 2016 click here.
Address:
20930 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, Montgomery Co.
Directions:
Starting from Rt 270 at Germantown, go north on Rt 27 for 1 mile toward Damascus. Turn left on Rt 355 and go 0.8 miles to a left turn on Old Baltimore Rd. Take Old Baltimore 1.5 miles to a left turn into Black Hill Park. Take Lake Ridge Drive 1 mile to a right turn on Black Hill Rd. Continue over the causeway and past the Park Police Complex. The orchard is beyond a sign that says ” authorized vehicles only” and in a field past a sharp turn in the road. Note: See the Google map below.
Contacts:
Stan Fisher – Steward
Jen Scully, Park Naturalist, Black Hill Regional Park
Property owner:
Montgomery County Department of Parks
Plantings:
Maryland Chapter Menu
National Facebook
Small Stem Assays involve inoculating young chestnut stems with the blight fungus and monitoring the resulting cankers, allowing researchers to assess how well different trees respond to infection.
#educational #Informative #americanchestnut #fieldwork #explore
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Last week, staff at TACF’s national office in Asheville joined Carolinas Chapter President Peggy McDonald, husband Bob, and Chapter board member Jon Taylor for a hike at Albert Mountain in Western NC to visit wild American chestnut trees in search of flowering catkins.
During their venture, the team also came across a few cool amphibians: a red-legged salamander, which only inhabits portions of the southern Appalachian Mountains, and a red-spotted newt, which is much more common, but its brilliant red is stunning!
Of course, the biggest thrill was seeing large surviving chestnut trees and, as the day wrapped up, collecting some beautiful catkins that were high in the canopy of a tree on the way down the mountain. Pollen collected from the catkins will be used in TACF’s southern region breeding program.
#hike #nature #getoutside #americanchestnut #pollination
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Whoa. Fascinating that some mature American Chestnuts have survived the blight. Taking pollen from these survivors is such a great idea. I didn't realize there were any survivors in NC.
Ils sont en fleur au Québec aussi, ça fait du bien de les voir grandir.
Fantastic
Trying to figure out if you found an American chestnut or a Chinese chestnut? These identifiers should help!
#explore #forestry #education #americanchestnut #conservation
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I love it when the music is up front and the narration is in the background. Awesome.
BeeKeeper Mango
Every business in every city should have to plant a tree every year as part of their yearly licensing.
Do you have a favorite nature quote?
#explore #americanchestnut #nature #quote #restoration
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“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” Henry David Thoreau
Im hoping to see this in my lifetime