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The School Seedling Program administered by NYS DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery helps students learn about the importance of planting trees and caring for the environment.
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Planting Trees to Improve Riparian Habitat
Athena Age 10
July 30, 2012
Tree Care Taker
- My dad got a couple hundred trees from the NYS tree nursery for my elementary school.
- I watered them and took care of them.
- We had four kinds of trees.
- Silky dogwood
- White cedar
- Highbush cranberry
- And White spruce
- Three kinds grew best by streams.
Silky DogwoodHeight : 6 to 10 feet
Width : 6 to 10 ten feet
Growth rate : slow
Requirements : sun to medium shade well adapted
to wet soils. Needs some moisture , is not drought
tolerant.
Description : Many stemmed bush with thick foliage and
round form. New stems purplish-red with silky hair.
White CedarHeight : 20 to 60 feet
Width : 10 to 30 feet
Growth rate : Medium to slow
Requirements : Sun to medium shade , moist , well
drained soil.
Description : Round form. narrow when young, thick foliage. Older trees develop strait long trunks in forest
conditions.
HighbushCranberry
Height : 8 to 12 feet
Width : 8 to 12 feet
Growth rate : medium
Requirements : Sun , moist well , drained soil.
Description : Fall color shades of red .White flowers
in flat topped clusters, followed by bright
red berries
Preparing to Plant
- My brother Charlie helped me plant the trees.
- The seedlings came from the NYS tree nursery in Saratoga Springs, NY.
- The trees were free!
- We grew about a hundred seedlings in our backyard!
- When they were big enough to plant we put them in the ground.
This is the planting location.
Trees were planted by the stream bed –they help control floods
Planting
Observing Dragonflies
The Blue Darter eats insects and controls pests
Charlie taking pictures of the Blue Darter dragonfly
One even landed on my hand!
Summary- I watered and took care of
the tree seedlings.
- I researched where the trees could be planted .
- When they were strong enough my brother Charlie helped me plant them at a local envirmentaleducation center.
- We saw many blue darter dragonflies that loved the bushes and trees at the bank of the stream. A few of them even landed on my hand!
- -Planting trees by streams creats habitat for birds, deer, butterflies and dragonflies. It also can be lots of fun!