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CTMQ > Trees

(Former) National Champion: Striped Maple

November 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple Kongscut Mountain/Meshomasic State Forest, Glastonbury Big tree fans and big tree fans alike, you might want to grab a tissue for this one. Glastonbury's former national champion striped maple tree is dead. Like, snapped near the base and lying on the forest floor dead. Dead. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Glastonbury, Hartford County, meshomasic state forest, National Champion Trees, Trees

(Former) National Champion: Poison Sumac

October 14, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Toxicodendron vernix, Poison Sumac Fern Hollow Preserve, Glastonbury Height: 18 Feet Circumference: 14 inches It's always special when I meet people with pursuits similar to mine. It's also quite rare. So when Frank Kaputa from the Connecticut Notable Trees project reached out to offer to take me to a national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Kongscut Land Trust, National Champion Trees, national Champions, Trees

NNL: Cathedral Pines

July 7, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

National Natural Landmark: Cathedral Pines Cornwall Designation Date: 1982 Most Connecticut citizens, when they think of pine trees, visualize a young pine tree of the kind ordinarily seen in nurseries or water company plantations. It will amaze such persons to see what the great pine trees of Connecticut really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Cornwall, Litchfield County, National Natural Landmarks, Nature conservancy trails, Trees

National Champion: American Smoketree

June 14, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cotinus obovatus, American Smoketree Windham Height: 33 Feet Circumference: 150 inches Every now and then I get all jazzed up about our state's slate of National Champion trees. Ever since I discovered the Connecticut Notable Trees project database, I've been hooked. But also a little frustrated. I learned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: National Champion Trees, national Champions, Trees, Windham, winhdam county

FLT: Canal Aquaduct & Henry Mason Trail

April 24, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Think I Can(al), I Think I Can(al)... Farmington Land Trust: Canal Aqueduct Trail ~1 Mile, March 2018 Hiking with my older son Damian is a total crapshoot. His unique brand of special needs is such that I have no idea how the outing is going to go until we get going. This hike was one of those rare and beautiful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Damian, Farmington, farmington land trust, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Industrial History, Trees

Civil War Beech Tree

April 9, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

War’s a Beech Civil War Tree Granby It’s 2018 and I’m editing old Granby posts before “releasing” the CTMQ Complete Guide to Granby and I came across this from my Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn Museum post of 2008. Because of its apparent uniqueness, I’m not bestowing this chunk of tree its own hallowed page on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Granby, Hartford County, Military History, Trees

Site of First Christmas Tree in US… Maybe

November 3, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

“Fröhliche Weihnachten!" Site of First Christmas Tree in US Windsor Locks CTMQ readers know that I love my dubious superlatives. Writing about one of our country’s oldest states means that I come across a lot of them. There are so many – and so many are impossible to really, truly corroborate. But this one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Christmas, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Trees, Windsor Locks

The Ashford Oak

January 4, 2017 by Steve 4 Comments

”This Place is Dead Anyway” The Ashford Oak January 2017 This is a Joshua's Trust property. There’s a line in 1996’s Swingers that my wife and I love so much we use it anytime we can. The boys in the film are at an absolutely packed LA club and a suggestion is made to leave and go to a party in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Closed/Gone/Former, Joshua's Trust, Trees, Windham County

The Auncient Oak

November 2, 2014 by Steve 2 Comments

"On the morrow morning..." The Auncient Oak, Bethlehem November 1, 2014 On the morrow morning Ricciardo went to an auncient woman of his acquaintance, who was the Mistresse of a Bathing-house, and there where he had appointed Madame Catulla, that the Bath should bee prepared for her, giving her to understand the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Bethlehem, Bethlehem Land Trust, Litchfield County, Plants, Trees

(Former) National Champion: Hardy Orange

November 18, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Poncirus trifoliata, Hardy Orange Calvary Episcopal Church, Stonington Location: In back, near the church in the courtyard Height: 17 Feet Circumference: 48 inches I don’t go to church and I will never go to church, other than for weddings and funerals for people who have such things in churches. I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Calvin, National Champion Trees, national Champions, New London County, Plants, Stonington, Trees

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