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Plants, Trees

Home and food for animals, provide us with oxygen, materials for our homes, once the main source for our fires for warmth and cooking, nuts and fruit, the list of our uses for them is endless.
Forests cover almost one out of every three acres in Ohio.
Ohio is considered to be part of the Appalachian Hardwood Region based on the type of trees common in the state. There are more than 100 hardwood and 25 softwood tree species growing in Ohio. In addition to shrubs, there are more than 300 different woody species found in Ohio's forests. Some of the most diverse temperate region forests in North America are found in Ohio
Though there are a great many species, between 10 and 20 tree species comprise the majority of all trees in Ohio forests. By volume, six species groups account for two-thirds of all trees. The most abundant species are the red and white oaks, which make up almost 25 percent of the total tree volume, followed by red and sugar maple, which comprise 18 percent. Yellow poplar and hickory make up another 18 percent, and white ash accounts for 8 percent.
Fifty-nine percent of Ohio forest land is the oak/hickory forest type. Only 4 percent, or a little more than 300,000 acres, is considered pure or mixed conifer types.
The south-eastern Ohio forests in which my homestead lies in are of the oak/hickory type and includes numerous state parks and The Wayne National Forest.

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Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:34pm

Prunus domestica leaves.

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:36pm

Prunus domestica blooming

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:37pm

Prunus domestica blossoms closeup

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:37pm

Prunus domestica, Stanley European Plum (firm, balanced sweet and tart taste); stock photo of Willis Orchard Co. of Georgia where I bought the seedlings. (May 2011)

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:44pm

Prunus serotina, Wild Black Cherry. I planted 20x 6 foot seedlings May 2011 to increase the population. A major source of food for wildlife. Trees are packed with small cherries. Several hundred species of birds are known to nest in them and several hundred species of butterflys and moths spin their cocoons in them. Also a beautiful blooming tree.

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:45pm

Prunus serotina, Wild Black Cherry blooms. (April 2011) Nice photo showing the multiple stalks of blooms.

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on April 25, 2013 at 8:48pm

Prunus serotina, Wild Black Cherry fruit. (July 2011) Jam and jelly can be made from the fruit but the fruit has more seed than fruit in the berry.

Permalink Reply by Amanda on May 27, 2013 at 5:19pm

I have a small cherry tree, too. I almost forgot about it. This reminded me. So I just went outside and snapped these pictures of it a few moments ago with my iphone. I missed taking a picture of it when it was in bloom. It's going to have quite a few cherries.