Tree I.D.
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| Saturday, April 7, 10 am - 3 pm
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| with Bob Leverett
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This is a unique opportunity to combine New England culture and history with ecology and appreciation of big trees in a single Walnut Hill program. A walk in Bryant’s Woods rates with the best of New England’s woodland experiences. Join Bob Leverett in this unique experience as you learn to identify native species of trees in the midst of magnificent trees.
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As Bob Leverett is today, William Cullen Bryant was truly a man for all seasons, a towering figure in the 1800s. Over his long and distinguished life he was a lawyer, poet, practitioner of homeopathic medicine, abolitionist, landscaper, master of five languages, and of course, the distinguished editor of the New York Post. Bryant is well known to naturalists for his deep appreciation of the native forests of his beloved Berkshire Hills.
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Bryant believed he had a small remnant of the original virgin forest on the land of his childhood in Cummington, Massachusetts, and in fact, an old growth remnant still exists on the Bryant Homestead, owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. Walk with Bob Leverett as he shares the big tree treasures of Bryant Woods. Along the Rivulet Trail, old growth forest characteristics are easy to see, with ancient hemlocks, yellow birch, and sugar maple. Bob will point them out along with a number of charismatic trees, a few of which Bryant would have seen in both his youth and near the end of his life. Bob will also relate his participation in helping establish the Pine Loop – a side trail through one of the most impressive mature white pine forests in all New England, with eleven white pines over 150 feet tall. This is not a typical tree i.d. program!
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This program will meet at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington, Massachusetts
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| Limit:12 Fee: $50 |
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