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Identify the trees in your neighborhood! Prizes will be awarded! If you find 20 different kinds of trees in Cambridge, you will be honored in the next edition of Cambridge Street Trees. Write the name of the tree and the street address at which it can be found (not listed in the book). Bring your list of trees to the Arbor Day celebration in your neighborhood school in April and May. We are also looking for unusual, historic, beautiful or other significant trees.
If you think you have identified some of the biggest trees in your neighborhood, let us know by April 16. * Measure the circumference of the biggest trees you find 36” from the ground. We hope to label the biggest trees, with permission of the owners. And the champion trees from each neighborhood will be included in the next edition. Bring your entry to the Arbor Day in Cambridge elementary schools in April and May. Winners will be announced.
Do you need help identifying the trees? See the book Cambridge Street Trees in school and public libraries, on the WebPages for Summerbridge http://www.shs.org/summerbridge.html, or labeled by Summerbridge students in the park around the high school and main branch of the Public Library. Sponsored in conjunction with Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Public Schools Science Dept. Urban Forestry and Little Women’s Club.
Prizes will be awarded! If you think you have identified some of the
biggest trees in your neighborhood, let us know by April 16. Bring your
list of the biggest trees to the Arbor Day celebration in your neighborhood
school in April and May. We are also looking for unusual, historic, beautiful
or other significant trees. You
may also email us your entry, by clicking here.Please
send your 5 priorities & 1 or 2 things you want to do by clicking here
Your Name:__________________ Your Address:___________________________________
Phone number:________ Email:_________________________
Your neighborhood:_______
Your school (All ages can win! No school, email or phone
required): ____________________
Tree Name Address of trees; If big, what is circumference 36”from the ground? If special, how? You can use back side to explain why you think this tree is worthy of special note.
Ailanthus:
Ash, Green:
Cork-tree, Amur:
**Elm, American:
Gingko:
Honeylocust:
Horsechestnut:
Kentucky coffee-tree:
Linden, Little-leaf:
Linden, Silver:
Maple, Hedge:
Maple, Norway:
Maple, Red:
Oak, Northern Red:
Oak, Pin:
Pagoda-tree, Japanese or Chinese Scholar tree:
Pear, Callery:
Plane-tree, London
Serviceberry:
Sycamore, American:
Zelkova, Japanese:
Willow tree
Chinese Golden Rain Tree
The Houghton Beech
A hedge made of Beech
Oak larger than X”
**Help us identify all the elms in Cambridge. We need to keep special care to guard against Dutch elm diseases. Special recognition finding 10 elm trees. List addresses on other side.
*Cambridge Tree Project is an organization composed of citizens’ groups
and individuals working together with the City of Cambridge in building
support for the protection and management of community trees. *Please contact
us at DoanePerry@compuserve.com on email, or: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DoanePerry/homepage.htm
617-547-1413; 1657 Cambridge St. #3, Cambridge MA 02138-4316
Partial funding by Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Management.
& USDA Forest Service.