Friends of Marshall Square Park
It’s official! Marshall Square Park has a Pennsylvania Champion Tree, a Blue Ash (Fraxinus, quadrangulata). Of this relatively rare species, our specimen is over 90 feet tall. The Blue Ash, mostly native to western Ohio, is so named because early pioneers extracted a blue dye from its inner bark. Champion trees are measured and scored …
How did it go? Might there be a sequel? Thanks for the note. We missed you, but the walk was wonderful. We got to see our Kentucky Coffee tree! — Number 28 on Tree Location Map PDF below. Was reminded of the significance of different leaf formations. Finally learned what those little red booties are …
Read about and LOOK IN THE PARK FOR our newest project:TREE IDENTIFICATION AND LABELING