Join Jean on a pictorial adventure along the Old Croton Aqueduct trail to explore the wealth of species along the path. The talk will detail the environmental advantages of our canopy, along with trees’ manifold benefits for human health. Jean will introduce sky-high tulip trees, beech, birch, sugar maple and shagbark — and also elucidate the difference between the “hazard” trees that walkers might be afraid will fall and the gnarly senescent examples that provide invaluable habit for animals. Finally, the talk will address the understory that is crucial to what experts term the “urban forest” along the trail, identifying the multiflora rose, garlic mustard and other invasives FOCA activists have been removing to improve the health of the trees.
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
