Latin Name: Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’ Locations: Though I’m not a fan of weeping trees, an exception can be made for willows and beeches. The…
Tim Purtell
Tree of the Month: American Chestnut
/ July 30, 2020Latin Name: Castanea dentata Location: One of the rarest trees on Shelter Island, two American chestnuts persist in Mashomack’s woods. (A third died several…
Tree of the Month: Sassafras
/ June 25, 2020Latin Name: Sassafras albidum Locations: Common in Island woods and woodland edges, sassafras is easy to identify by its two-lobed (like a mitten), three-lobed, or…
Tree of the Month: Beach Plum
/ May 25, 2020Latin Name: Prunus maritima Locations: Beach plum occurs naturally as a low, spreading shrub on dunes and beaches. Look for them at Shell Beach. It…
Tree of the Month: Saucer Magnolia
/ April 16, 2020Latin Name: Magnolia X soulangiana Locations: In these troubling times, spring is more welcome than ever. It feels like a miracle. Forsythia is roaring “Yellow!”…