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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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Aesculus glabra, Ohio Buckeye nut. (Sept 2011). The nut is very bitter and used for decoration. (A fudge made of a peanut butter ball dipped in chocolate is a state recipe). The deer and squirrels love them though.
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Asimina triloba, PawPaw, (Replanted 10-3 foot seedlings 4 18-4 29 in place of dead dying diseased trees). (July 2011) A small tree of importance to the Native Americans and taught to the early settlers for its fruit.
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Asimina triloba, Pawpaw, ripe fruit (Sept 2011). Akin to the bannana, the fruit is very sweet and used to make custard, pies and a sweetbread.
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Carya cordiformis, Bitternut Hickory leaves. (July 2011)
leaves. (July 2011)
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