Samaras under the large black ash on the south east corner of Johnson Street and Elmer Jackson Road were found on Sunday 15 April 2012, during a Bullthistle Hike in the Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area. For many years I have been looking for them and finally found some, confirming the identification of this tree. I measured it with my arms at about 5.5 feet circumference (1.75 feet diameter). It is the largest found so far but is dying on its north side.
Photo by Jonathan Bogardus.
The dugout canoe in the Chenango County Museum in Norwich was made of black ash and is about 2 feet in diameter and was dated at 1720-25 AD. This canoe was found by Dave Walker in 1946 in Deer Pond, about 3 miles southwest.
For more information, check posts on this blog for 11 July 2011 and 16 August 2011.
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