The workday season has been a bit slow to start this year, especially with all the rain lately, but we did hold a great land steward tree identification workshop last week. The workshop was led by one of our field foresters, Gabe Roxby, who led a group of about 18 people around the Merrimack River Outdoor Education and Conservation Area (affectionately known as "the floodplain") in Concord. Gabe had scouted out 20 common tree species prior to the workshop, and used some interactive and small-group techniques to get people to notice different features characteristic of each species. I'm pretty sure everyone (even Wendy) learned something about a tree species that they didn't already know, and most of us gained a wealth of knowledge! Many new and veteran land stewards attended the workshop, and we hope to host others like it (maybe winter tree ID?) in the future.
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| A small group of stewards look at defining characteristics of a shagbark hickory |
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| Comparing maple leaves |
One funny thing about our Concord floodplain property- when Gabe was scouting trees, he realized that two of the very most common trees that we find in practically EVERY forest in NH- American Beech and Hemlock- are totally absent there! Gabe had to tote in samples from his house!
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