The Canadian Climate / Ecological Thread

[vid]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

No Maple Trees, your lucky. Vancouver has been planting them like there is no tomorrow and it is getting really boring.

I love Ginko trees, wonderful bright yellow fall foliage.

Oh, and the smell!

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

No Maple Trees, your lucky. Vancouver has been planting them like there is no tomorrow and it is getting really boring.

I love Ginko trees, wonderful bright yellow fall foliage.

I think because they are native here, and homeowners love planting them, that they are trying to avoid them for the sake of diversity.

Anyways, as for the Gingko trees, it appears they offer little to no ecological value and aren't great for biodiversity. No bugs or animals benefits from them, they are basically a living statue. That's one reason they are planted though, free of pest and disease and can grow in tough spots. I guess one here are there isn't too bad, which is basically what the town did. Honestly though if it were me I'd go 100% native trees. Of the 10 varieties they planted 3 aren't native. Zelkova, European Beech, Gingko. Urban forestry is a tricky balance though so I get the need for the odd tough non-natives.

[Riverman]

Close to me, I'm in Parkview Hills.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by TownGuy

I think because they are native here, and homeowners love planting them, that they are trying to avoid them for the sake of diversity.

Anyways, as for the Gingko trees, it appears they offer little to no ecological value and aren't great for biodiversity. No bugs or animals benefits from them, they are basically a living statue. That's one reason they are planted though, free of pest and disease and can grow in tough spots. I guess one here are there isn't too bad, which is basically what the town did. Honestly though if it were me I'd go 100% native trees. Of the 10 varieties they planted 3 aren't native. Zelkova, European Beech, Gingko. Urban forestry is a tricky balance though so I get the need for the odd tough non-natives.

I'm all for planting native trees as well. I can't stand it when our city plants non-native trees and they never really grow. Such a waste of time and money. We are in Zone 2 and are quite limited.

[TownGuy]

Resurrecting this thread a little. I've noticed that the town fall planting has a variety of Elm tree listed. Jefferson Elm (Ulmus americana ‘Jefferson') to be exact. Very interesting. It obviously must be resistant of Dutch Elm Disease. I wonder if we'll see something similar happen with Ash trees. Develop cultivars around the few that survive the EAB. Eitherway, will be neat to see Elm trees being planted!

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by TownGuy

Resurrecting this thread a little. I've noticed that the town fall planting has a variety of Elm tree listed. Jefferson Elm (Ulmus americana ‘Jefferson') to be exact. Very interesting. It obviously must be resistant of Dutch Elm Disease. I wonder if we'll see something similar happen with Ash trees. Develop cultivars around the few that survive the EAB. Eitherway, will be neat to see Elm trees being planted!

Great to hear, I wasn't aware that there were Elms resistant to DED, but I'm sure glad there are.

Edmonton has a massive canopy of American Elms and Green Ashes that I hope will remain disease-free for many years to come (knocks on wood).

[DoubleK]

I love the streets in Calgary that have Elm trees. It was really sad to see how much damage happened in snowtember a few years back.

I'm generally happy with how the city manages and cares for its trees, really nice to see.

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by Harrison

Great to hear, I wasn't aware that there were Elms resistant to DED, but I'm sure glad there are.

Edmonton has a massive canopy of American Elms and Green Ashes that I hope will remain disease-free for many years to come (knocks on wood).

That's interesting. Both trees have been pretty much eradicated from urban centre's in North America. Is it the cold winters that have spared them?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by TownGuy

That's interesting. Both trees have been pretty much eradicated from urban centre's in North America. Is it the cold winters that have spared them?

Calgary has tons of elms too. The prairie isolation saved them from Dutch Elm.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0624...7i13312!8i6656

[whatnext]

It’s time to start throwing eco-thugs in jail. Like the Fairey Creek protestors in BC who repeatedly ignored the legitimate leadership of the band whose land they were trespassing on. And then there’s idiots like this:

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting at London gallery
ALEX MARSHALL
LONDON
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHED 9 HOURS AGO

Climate activists splashed soup across the glass covering Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, in London’s National Gallery, on Oct. 14.

Climate protesters across Europe have for months been gluing themselves to the frames of famous paintings in a series of attention-grabbing stunts….

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...s-painting-at/