[CANUFNET] Urban Forest Edible Nut Trees - CANUFNET Digest, Vol 141, Issue 10

[Michael Richardson]

I think that suggesting that horse chestnuts can seriously harm people and
animals is a little bit of scare mongering.  I have no doubt people are
injured but on top of battling with nuts and conkers as a child I was also
injured falling off bikes, falling out of trees, playing sports, fighting,
falling off playground equipment, etc.  I imagine the risk of injury is
far less from a marauding Horse Chestnut than running across the street.

Horse chestnut is just another tree to apply "the right tree in the right
place".

Michael

> This species if not welcomed anymore near city and public areas, the
> spiked shell is dangerous and can harm someone seriously if thrown
> vigorously at a person or an animal.
>
> If I mentioned this species in my reply, it pertained as an answer on nut
> bearing trees in different areas.
>
> Thank you
>
> Elaine Ethier
> Plani Gester
> Aménagement, foresterie urbaine
>
>> Le 22 nov. 2016 à 11:07, Barker John <jbarker at lallemand.com> a écrit :
>>
>> Dear Hank,
>>
>> Please note that if you are planting for edible nuts Aesculus
>> hippocastanum (horse chestnut) is not edible. The seeds resemble
>> chestnuts (the fruit from Castanea sativa, which is unrelated to horse
>> chestnut), but horse chestnut seeds contain toxins. Squirrels seem to be
>> able to eat horse chestnut seeds, but they cause illness in humans if
>> eaten.
>>
>> John
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of Hank
>> Jones
>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 5:02 PM
>> To: CUFN
>> Subject: [CANUFNET] Urban Forest Edible Nut Trees - CANUFNET Digest, Vol
>> 141, Issue 10
>>
>> Thank you Elaine and Alice for your guidance :-) The trees you mention
>> are all edibles, and some rough idea of numbers would be most welcome. I
>> will contact Hudson, McGill/MacDonald and the others to drill down, to
>> see if I can get some idea of how many trees may be known. Hank
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>>>  1. Re: Urban nut being trees (Ethier Elaine)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:06:49 +0000
>>> From: Ethier Elaine <elaine.ethier at umontreal.ca>
>>> To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet at list.web.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Urban nut being trees
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>>> Hello,
>>> Quite a few around churches and old cemeteries.  The town of Hudson
>>> area in Qu?bec (151 years) has quite a few nut trees planted by
>>> settlers and since growing from seed on private and public land ;
>>> Juglan nigra (a provincial Champion), Juglan cinerea, Quercus
>>> macrocarpa, Quercus rubra (the biggest specimen in the province, DHP
>>> 206cm was documented a few weeks ago) etc. Some rare nut trees in
>>> STE-Anne de Bellevue along Lake St-Louis, Juglan cinerea at Tatja Hall
>>> near the MacDonald campus.
>>>
>>> Some are remarquable and are Heritage. The Morgan arboretum in
>>> Senneville, managed by McGill university has many nut trees. So does
>>> the Montreal Botanical  Gardens. The Town of Oka, near the Ferry
>>> landing and the church, have several Aesculus hippocastanus,
>>> [image1.JPG]
>>>
>>> A great White Pine forest with several great Royal eagle couples as
>>> well as some Great Bald eagles.
>>>
>>> There is an association to look at : http://www.noixduquebec.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> Elaine Ethier
>>> Plani Gester
>>> Am?nagement, foresterie urbaine
>>>
>>> Le 21 nov. 2016 ? 09:57, Alice Casselman
>>> <alice.casselman37 at gmail.com<mailto:alice.casselman37 at gmail.com>> a
>>> ?crit :
>>>
>>> Check out re  school yards - i.e. I understand that  toronto has
>>> stopped planting nut trees due to allergies  - e.g. kids eating the
>>> nuts also a  private home owners removed an oak tree because it dropped
>>> acorns on his car!
>>> so public green spaces may be best bet Alice
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Hank Jones
>>> <acorn at treenuts.ca<mailto:acorn at treenuts.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear CUFN, I seek lists of nut bearing tree species found growing in
>>> Canada?s urban forests. Any pointers? Hank
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