The Red Tree Essay

(875 words) Woolly Days ahead for the Hemlock Tree -Angela Cannon-Crothers I like bugs, ask anyone. I am awed by the mechanics of their life cycles, the biodiversity of the entire Order of Insecta, the magical beauty of so many of their kind. But there are a few that strike more than a few heebe-geebes -- some are downright frightening. Take the tiny hemlock wooly adelgid (ah-del-jid) for instance: a needle sucking scale insect of miniscule proportions that reproduces asexually (no male…

Middle Tennessee triggers holiday-like festivities. The panoramic beauty of fall foliage fascinates both locals and out-of-towners. The most spectacular colors this side of heaven are on display for leaf peepers pleasure. From flaming-red maples and crimson sumacs to red sweet gums and golden hickories, incredible colors blanket Tennessee hills, highways and byways. While you may prefer driving to view the lovely leaves, alternate vehicles such as bicycles, helicopters, boats, hot air balloons…

This is the kind of October morning no other month can touch. A world tinted in sharp colors of rust orange, royal reds, and chocolate browns. The trees are beginning to shrug off the summer. The dark leggy woods are becoming bare of leaves. The trail winds through deep forest woods near the now dry, dusty creek, which once ran so smoothly with crisp, cold water from the spring. The trail carries us across the cattle guard, and through many vivid childhood memories as we grow closer to the…

A man moved to South Florida and he bought a little tree, just a sapling—maybe two feet tall. It was a tropical fruit called a lychee. Lychee is a little smaller than a ping pong ball, with a rough red skin. When you peel the skin, gray fruit inside that Allison says looks like an eyeball. Does look like an eyeball but it tastes wonderful. My dad had eaten one somewhere, loved it, wanted to grow some himself. So he planted this little tree—and it grew and grew—year after year no lychees. Not…

Urban trees provide a wide range of environmental, ecological, social, cultural and economic benefits. However, as natural objects, they are constantly under stress, and living in an unnatural habitat, which will primarily affect the tree crown. In this study, the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), Crown Live Ratio (LCR), Crown Dieback (CDBK), Crown Transparency (CT), and Crown Chlorosis (CC) of trees at University of Toronto – St. George campus were assessed by field measurements and Google…

2. OBJECTIVES 1. Project Objectives a) General Objectives i) Create a baseline for at least 75% of the Grady Tract based in structure and composition of the trees of the site. ii) Recommend different management alternatives to restore oak savanna on the site. b) Specific Objectives i) Survey trees on the Grady tract. Identify them, record their location and measure DBH (diameter at breast high). Include any observations that could be considered important. ii) Measure percentage of canopy density…

beautiful elevated look of the trees where you can see more of the detail than you would with being on the ground. One of the glories about the park is that it offers visitors the ability to gaze upon rare trees, one of which being the Tupelo (Black Gum) tree, rare to Maine due to the latitude, and are one of the tallest trees in the area.…

The Temperate Deciduous Forest The temperate deciduous forest is located in Canada, Japan, China, Japan, parts of Russia, and the eastern half of United States. Everywhere there in those places were described as beautiful and majestic. When the leaves fall down from the trees down to the soil, the nutrients in the leaves are being absorbed by the soil. The soils of the temperate deciduous forest tend to be very fertile. Also, because of this, the biome has fertile soil and a long, 5-6 month…

When we think of autumn, we think about the hot and humid days coming to an end, and the various colors of changing leaves. However, if you want to experience the true beauty of autumn, the Blue Ridge Mountain is the place to be. The sight of the mountain and the sound of the aging trees and their various color leaves brought peace to my soul. Also, the various fragrances that lingers in the air is breathtaking and relaxing. As I drove along the long frosty, and foggy road of Blue Ridge Mountain…

It is pretty obvious that the four films of Theme two are all somehow similar, and the first thing they have in common is the theme, which, to my understanding, is resource rob and environmental justice. All four movies are trying to deliver the message that human-beings are greedy, they try to gather as much resource as they can for their future development, which destroys many beautiful natural lands and directly kills a lot of natives along with their sacred culture. Also, it is pretty…