[CANUFNET] FW: Green Ash in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Wed May 22 15:11:21 EDT 2013

Hi Andy,

A lot of the stands around the Edmonton area contain naturalized Green Ash. It is doubtful how many occurred there naturally, prior to the advent of the Canadian Farm Shelterbelt program, which planted millions of trees all across the prairies, including Green Ash, since 1901. The largest natural stands of Ash I have seen in my travels though Alberta are actually along the Battle River, from south of Lloydminster west as far as highway 2 north of Red Deer. It is not unusual to see Green Ash along there, but never in pure stands, always with Manitoba Maple and other species. Green ash can also be seen along the South and North Saskatchewan Rivers, but how many of these were introduced trees is hard to say.

Good luck!

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From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of Russell Eirich
Sent: May-22-13 8:36 AM
To: canufnet at list.web.net
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] FW: Green Ash in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Hi Andy,

If you are looking for natural stands best bet is to look in the Qu'Appele Valley which stretches across Saskatchewan.  Specifically I would focus in on the chain lakes around Fort Qu'Appelle.

Hope that helps.

Russell

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>>> "Andi Noakes" <anoakes at nd.edu> 5/22/2013 7:21 am >>>

Hello everyone!

My name is Andi Noakes and I am a graduate student from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, U.S.  I am coming to Alberta and Saskatchewan in June to look for natural green ash stands, but I am hoping to find some before I leave so that I am not wandering around aimlessly.  These provinces are at the edge of this tree’s range, but I feel strongly that there are some natural stands in the Edmonton area and hopefully some in SK as well.

Please feel free to email or call me if you know where I might be able to find some.  I would like to get about 30 individual samples per location, but I am willing to take much less, especially at the edge of the range.

Thank you all for your help!

Andi

anoakes at nd.edu

307-699-2561

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