It's Friday: Here's Your Week In Trees
Here's some tree news from around the world this week:
A new series of maps shows how the ranges of various tree species in the eastern U.S. will shift under different climate changing emissions scenarios. (Yale Environment 360)
Fragmentation is an ever-present threat to forest communities, and privately-held lands may play a key role in keeping vulnerable plots safe. (Conservation Magazine)
Grade inflation has come to the world of maple syrup. (The Atlantic)
Hungry? During a walk in Maryland’s woods, a journalist noted seeing mushrooms, greenbrier, pokeweed, wild dandelion, sweet and lemony wood sorrel, chicory, amaranth, and shiso, a relative of basil. (Washington Post)
Launched this week was a new website aimed at educating landowners and foresters about a fatal fungal disease that threatens black walnuts. (Purdue University)
At least 1,000 trees in Central Park were lost as a result of the Halloween weekend storm. Officials assure runners in this weekend’s NYC Marathon that the path to the finish line will be clear. (Central Park Conservancy)
More than half of eastern United States tree species examined in a new study aren’t adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted. (RedOrbit)
Don't forget to discover the forest this weekend with Cheecker the spokes-squirrel! (AFF blog)
From the archives, unearthed this week: Pakistan’s devastating flooding in 2010 disrupted the lives of 20 million people and sent the country’s spider populations fleeing to web-covered trees. (Wired UK)
Central Park photo credit: Flickr's evilthomthai
