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I wish he'd teach kids classes or lay down a curriculum. America badly needs to teach grade-schoolers, middle-schoolers, and highschoolers about nature and I only know armatures like me that would be laughed off by the school board for suggesting we take kids on nature walks and teach them plant identification and what watersheds and aquifers are.
I grew up not far from this area. All the old woodsmen cut cucumber trees for interior trim. It was a softer wood with a very fine grain. It warped very little, didn't shrink much, dried pretty hard, and took paint well. "Cucumber trim" was mentioned the same way "all copper plumbing" was - a sign the house was built by someone who did things right. Great tree and video!
That's a solid cuke! In SW NY and NW PA, I've noticed that when there's a lone remnant older tree in a historically logged (but not cleared) forest, it's often a cuke. It may be that thoughtful loggers in the 19th century, being mindful of the limited seed production and short dispersal range, were inclined to leave one here and there to ensure they'd regenerate. The wood was pretty popular for interior trim applications back then. The record height for the tallest accurately measured cucumber magnolia was recently updated to 153', down in the southern appalachians. They can still get quite tall in rich, sheltered forests pretty far north- a slim tree rising to 142' in Allegany State Park, NY, is the current northeastern height record. This species can grow remarkably swiftly- the northeastern record is in a stand less than 150 years old.
I was raised in an old house built in 1875, thirty miles south of Erie, PA. All the original interior trim was cucumber. The house was originally used to house the loggers, a lot of small bedrooms. Our barn was built about ten years after the house. One of it's upper beams is 8"x8" inch, eighty feet long without a break. Must have been a hell of a forest before it became farmland.
Thanks for the info; you can eat the early flowering buds - maybe the Neanderthals eat them, and the Native American Indians? Who knows, maybe whoever came after the dinosaurs before the cave dwellers?
My very initial guess was a tulip tree, especially given the tall straight trunk. But the fruits, or what was left of them told me it was in fact a magnolia! Love these videos! They bring back to me the passion I had in my younger years for knowing all the trees and wild plants! At 71 I don’t go out in the forest as much any more, but a video like this reminds me of how much I loved to do so once upon a time.
I am right there with you, I am also in my 70's. I grew up in NE Ohio. For me trees and plants have always been intriguing. At first I thought it might be an old Elm because the bark. My second guess was that it looked like something in the magnolia family. Adam showing the seed pod cinched identification as cucumber. I love trees. The cutting of huge specimens literally brings me to tears. My neighbors cut down two magnificent oaks that had been alive for at least 100 years. A crane was brought in because( we live in a development where the house are set too closely to take down a tree that would have required three people to connect hands) around their base. All because the owner feared the trees might "fall" on the house. The house is over 60 years old, yet the only thing that fell were many bushel of leaves. Its good to know there are people like you and Adam.❣
This was great, Adam. Got it on the fruit, but I've never seen a specimen this large. Plus I didn't know about the bark color indicator. I learned something new today. And I've worked as a natural resources field surveyor for 30 years. Thank you! And grace to you.
Such a delightful find ! I am in eastern PA and have never seen one in the wild. I love winter ID of trees.. sometimes it can be such a challenge. Thank you !
I guessed tulip tree. I was introduced to them in childhood. The super straight trunk with canopy up high. But cucumber tree?! I don't think we have them in Zone 5b, central NYS. I need to watch for these seed pods! Thanks for a great video, that was fun! I'm new to mushroom foraging and kinda know a few trees. But an old HS friend, a retired forester with USFS, is joining me next week to help me ID the trees in our woods.
I had no idea that the lovely Cucumber Magnolia could grow so tall. In Louisiana, this tree is usually found as an understory tree in the forests. Last year, we acquired the rare subspecies called asherii (Magnolia acuminata ssp asherii) at a local arboretum. Well done preso Adam, well done:-)
Magnolias may be the oldest genus of flowering trees. Cretaceous dinosaurs sniffed magnolia flowers. Bees hadn't evolved yet when magnolias came on the scene, hence magnolias being pollinated by beetles.
Had you not led off with the tree name in your comment, I might've still had the pleasure of guessing as Adam laid out the clues, and as the title of the video encouraged. Instead, as I opened the video from the notifications bar on my phone, I instantly saw your glaring answer before I could do anything about that. If you put the spoil name further down in your post where I could have decided to expand it and read it ✨or not,✨ or simply start your writing with They in place of Magnolias you wouldn't be creating the totally preventable anger from someone who had been anticipating the pleasure of another Learn Your Land video.
Thank you. I have an acre with old growth trees. I have a huge old Hackberry. I haven’t identified everything yet. I just had the floor tidy up. So I could enjoy my forest. I’m near Williamsport,Md.
You're so lucky to have old growth trees! . We have some hackberry trees, and they are relatively small. In fact I always believed they were the average size for a hackberry, until I stumbled across one in a nearby park. It is ENORMOUS! Beautiful being. I'm in Maryland too, Frederick area. Enjoy your woods! I knew a person who's house bordered some lovely woodland but the never ventured in there because they were terrified of 'bugs'. Such a shame.
Great Video Adam, we have a beautiful Cucumber Magnolia on our slopped woods in Columbia County. Its not quite as large as the one in this video but wonderful none the less. Cheers
Intresting!!! There are quite a few large ones growing near Ohio Pyle bike trail, near the second bridge. Going down towards Connellsville. And alot of younger ones trail side going towards Confluence.
When I see tall trees in our woods it takes my breath away just looking up the trunk! I wonder how would it feel to be THAT tall! ❤ the Tulip trees are the tallest in our woods in Poconos, I think. They fascinate me😊 I’ll be looking for Cucumber Trees now too. Thank you Adam!
We have a good-sized cucumber tree on our land, at the edge of the range shown on the map you included in the finger lakes region of central NY State. Ours is almost as big in girth as the one you found, although ours grows in a hedgerow as a wolf tree. Not as impressive but still really cool. You didn't mention why it's called "Cucumber" tree, (no doubt you know this) but the young, green flower fruiting bodies do look quite a bit like little gherkin pickle cucumbers! Thanks again for your great and enjoyable videos. And I really do relate to what you said about the belittling effect of being near such huge life forms around us. Regards, -- Larry
This was great to see you, pop up on my UA-cam feed. I enjoy watching, and learning from you, a man who takes his interests and hobbies, so intelligently. Keep up the good work so we can continue to learn more from you about our world. I live in Mid Michigan and so much enjoy, your videos on mushroom foraging. Thanks again Adam.
I was born and reared in Western PA close to Meadville. Your videos make me think of moving back. I lived in the woods when I was growing up. For whatever reason, I never saw a tick until I moved to NJ. Now, when I go back to PA, ticks seem to be an issue now.
I used to live around Meadville, now up in Millcreek. Sorry you had to live in the woods, hope you at least had a tent! Just joking. Ticks are becoming a problem here. I think they moved here from NJ. ! Another joke.
@@dznnf7, same in CT; and I live about an hour away from Lyme Disease "Ground Zero". Ticks are *everywhere*; some places worse than others, but even wide gravel trails that were formerly railroad routes will have ticks galore along the edges of the trail. I don't walk in the woods or even around my yard without first tucking my pants in my socks and spraying my ankles and pants legs with bug repellent. BTW, in Maine the winter ticks are so prevalent that they are killing moose through massive blood loss.
I'm in SW Pennsylvania and I've never seen this tree that I know of. I spent a lot of time in the woods as a kid. I am only familiar with tulip trees. Now I've got to find one of these.
Would never have guessed cucumber magnolia as I'd never heard of that tree. I see that they don't grow where I live. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your passion for trees with us!
I have been following you for several years when I started to learned more about the flora around where I lived in Wisconsin. I fall in love with you since the first time I saw you ❤and still pretty much in love 😍 Thank you for all that you do💋
Yes. Looks very similar to our elm that grew to be 50'+ high. We had to cut it down because it got hit by lightening and had a massive wound, thus was unstable. He just revealed the leaf and it's too big though. Seed pod does look identical to our magnolias, but are smaller.
I guessed magnolia when I saw the leaf. I don’t think I have ever seen this in the forest here in Indiana or Kentucky. Guess we are out of it’s territory. Thanks Adam. Always a treat to see your videos.
Great video and love your enthusiasm. I live out in the western PNW where we have of old growth still thankfully. It is alwys humbling to come across really old living things. My experience of old growth has always been on the west coast. Some day I will get out to the other parts of the country to experience other types of trees. Hopefully you have had the wonderful experience of seeing the grand old growth woods out here in the west.
Fantastic video! Ive seen them before in the NC mountains but maybe not this large. Your words in your emails and how you speak in your videos really connect. Thank you always for more tree knowledge!
There is one of that size in a protected old growth forest at Lily Dale,Chautauqua Co. N.Y. I so much enjoy your vids. Keep up the great work that you do! Cheers!
We need more humans on the planet like you! Thanks Adam.
I wish he'd teach kids classes or lay down a curriculum. America badly needs to teach grade-schoolers, middle-schoolers, and highschoolers about nature and I only know armatures like me that would be laughed off by the school board for suggesting we take kids on nature walks and teach them plant identification and what watersheds and aquifers are.
@@TurboLoveTrain ❤
PLEASE go back and record this tree in bloom!
Men with Your gifts are essential for society’s well being ❤🎉😊
I grew up not far from this area. All the old woodsmen cut cucumber trees for interior trim. It was a softer wood with a very fine grain. It warped very little, didn't shrink much, dried pretty hard, and took paint well. "Cucumber trim" was mentioned the same way "all copper plumbing" was - a sign the house was built by someone who did things right. Great tree and video!
That's a solid cuke! In SW NY and NW PA, I've noticed that when there's a lone remnant older tree in a historically logged (but not cleared) forest, it's often a cuke. It may be that thoughtful loggers in the 19th century, being mindful of the limited seed production and short dispersal range, were inclined to leave one here and there to ensure they'd regenerate. The wood was pretty popular for interior trim applications back then.
The record height for the tallest accurately measured cucumber magnolia was recently updated to 153', down in the southern appalachians. They can still get quite tall in rich, sheltered forests pretty far north- a slim tree rising to 142' in Allegany State Park, NY, is the current northeastern height record. This species can grow remarkably swiftly- the northeastern record is in a stand less than 150 years old.
I was raised in an old house built in 1875, thirty miles south of Erie, PA. All the original interior trim was cucumber. The house was originally used to house the loggers, a lot of small bedrooms. Our barn was built about ten years after the house. One of it's upper beams is 8"x8" inch, eighty feet long without a break. Must have been a hell of a forest before it became farmland.
All loggers must follow this thinking. If we continue to allow the erosion of our educational practices then we become parasitic to the environment
Thanks for the info; you can eat the early flowering buds - maybe the Neanderthals eat them, and the Native American Indians? Who knows, maybe whoever came after the dinosaurs before the cave dwellers?
That’s one amazing magnolia
Adam Haritan - one of the best rockstar foragers of PA! 🤘😁🍄
Emojis are gay.
My very initial guess was a tulip tree, especially given the tall straight trunk. But the fruits, or what was left of them told me it was in fact a magnolia! Love these videos! They bring back to me the passion I had in my younger years for knowing all the trees and wild plants! At 71 I don’t go out in the forest as much any more, but a video like this reminds me of how much I loved to do so once upon a time.
I am right there with you, I am also in my 70's. I grew up in NE Ohio. For me trees and plants have always been intriguing. At first I thought it might be an old Elm because the bark. My second guess was that it looked like something in the magnolia family. Adam showing the seed pod cinched identification as cucumber. I love trees.
The cutting of huge specimens literally brings me to tears. My neighbors cut down two magnificent oaks that had been alive for at least 100 years. A crane was brought in because( we live in a development where the house are set too closely to take down a tree that would have required three people to connect hands) around their base. All because the owner feared the trees might "fall" on the house. The house is over 60 years old, yet the only thing that fell were many bushel of leaves.
Its good to know there are people like you and Adam.❣
Sane here at 68, it's just too much of a hassle.
What a beautiful root flare.
This was great, Adam. Got it on the fruit, but I've never seen a specimen this large. Plus I didn't know about the bark color indicator. I learned something new today. And I've worked as a natural resources field surveyor for 30 years. Thank you! And grace to you.
you da man Adam! we are fortunate that you have dedicated so much to delivering content over the years. thank YOU so much.
Treebeard would be proud of your love for trees!
Such a delightful find !
I am in eastern PA and have never seen one in the wild.
I love winter ID of trees.. sometimes it can be such a challenge.
Thank you !
I guessed tulip tree. I was introduced to them in childhood. The super straight trunk with canopy up high. But cucumber tree?! I don't think we have them in Zone 5b, central NYS. I need to watch for these seed pods! Thanks for a great video, that was fun! I'm new to mushroom foraging and kinda know a few trees. But an old HS friend, a retired forester with USFS, is joining me next week to help me ID the trees in our woods.
How have I been so ignorant all my life!?! Love this channel!
I had no idea that the lovely Cucumber Magnolia could grow so tall.
In Louisiana, this tree is usually found as an understory tree in the forests.
Last year, we acquired the rare subspecies called asherii (Magnolia acuminata ssp asherii) at a local arboretum.
Well done preso Adam, well done:-)
Yeah those leaves say magnolia but wow what a different phenotype than a front yard ornamental magnolia
yes they are different than yard trees
Don't know much about landscaping but I think most "yard" trees are Magnolia Grandiflora, the Southern Magnolia, native to the Southern US.
Magnolias may be the oldest genus of flowering trees. Cretaceous dinosaurs sniffed magnolia flowers. Bees hadn't evolved yet when magnolias came on the scene, hence magnolias being pollinated by beetles.
Lol nonsense
@@asintonic >"nonsense"
I assume you're referring to the contents of your alleged brain, yes?
Dinosaurs lol 🤦🏼♂️
@@KarlBunkerYou went straight for the Ad Hominem. By committing that logical fallacy you ceded any point you were attempting to make.
Had you not led off with the tree name in your comment, I might've still had the pleasure of guessing as Adam laid out the clues, and as the title of the video encouraged.
Instead, as I opened the video from the notifications bar on my phone, I instantly saw your glaring answer before I could do anything about that.
If you put the spoil name further down in your post where I could have decided to expand it and read it ✨or not,✨ or simply start your writing with They in place of Magnolias you wouldn't be creating the totally preventable anger from someone who had been anticipating the pleasure of another Learn Your Land video.
I was thinking basswood then i saw the leaf.we dont have cucumber trees in Wisconsin unless there planted.
Thank you. I have an acre with old growth trees. I have a huge old Hackberry. I haven’t identified everything yet. I just had the floor tidy up. So I could enjoy my forest. I’m near Williamsport,Md.
You're so lucky to have old growth trees! . We have some hackberry trees, and they are relatively small. In fact I always believed they were the average size for a hackberry, until I stumbled across one in a nearby park. It is ENORMOUS! Beautiful being. I'm in Maryland too, Frederick area. Enjoy your woods! I knew a person who's house bordered some lovely woodland but the never ventured in there because they were terrified of 'bugs'. Such a shame.
Great video Adam!
Love your presentation and wealth of knowledge! Thanks!!
I appreciate your videos. I have learned a lot!! I love my trees around our property. I call them our Sentinels, keeping watch on us.
thank you Adam! great video. I really loved how you did this Blues Clues style and let us try and figure out the answer!
Great Video Adam, we have a beautiful Cucumber Magnolia on our slopped woods in Columbia County. Its not quite as large as the one in this video but wonderful none the less. Cheers
Intresting!!! There are quite a few large ones growing near Ohio Pyle bike trail, near the second bridge. Going down towards Connellsville. And alot of younger ones trail side going towards Confluence.
Thanks Adam. I always enjoy and learn something from your videos. Your enthusiasm is infectious 🙂
Love to see a specimen Cuke having its moment of fame amongst the humans
When I see tall trees in our woods it takes my breath away just looking up the trunk! I wonder how would it feel to be THAT tall! ❤ the Tulip trees are the tallest in our woods in Poconos, I think. They fascinate me😊 I’ll be looking for Cucumber Trees now too. Thank you Adam!
I love the way you walked us through that. I am clueless when it comes to IDing trees. I will have to follow. You are freakin adorable.
I would not have believed that any magnolia tree can grow that big! Wow! Thank you for this
Amazing find Adam. That is a huge tree considering the rest of the canopy! 🌲🌲👍👍
Thanks Adam. Amazing as always! I'm in Leesburg VA so your stuff always applies!
Enjoyable lesson again! ! Thanks So so much for sharing you beautiful mind!🎉
We have a good-sized cucumber tree on our land, at the edge of the range shown on the map you included in the finger lakes region of central NY State. Ours is almost as big in girth as the one you found, although ours grows in a hedgerow as a wolf tree. Not as impressive but still really cool. You didn't mention why it's called "Cucumber" tree, (no doubt you know this) but the young, green flower fruiting bodies do look quite a bit like little gherkin pickle cucumbers! Thanks again for your great and enjoyable videos. And I really do relate to what you said about the belittling effect of being near such huge life forms around us.
Regards,
-- Larry
This was great to see you, pop up on my UA-cam feed. I enjoy watching, and learning from you, a man who takes his interests and hobbies, so intelligently. Keep up the good work so we can continue to learn more from you about our world. I live in Mid Michigan and so much enjoy, your videos on mushroom foraging. Thanks again Adam.
Thanks, Adam- for sharing your knowledge!
At the rate that trees get cut down it’s surprising to find such a huge, beautiful, cucumber tree totally unmolested. Thanks, Adam!
I was born and reared in Western PA close to Meadville. Your videos make me think of moving back. I lived in the woods when I was growing up. For whatever reason, I never saw a tick until I moved to NJ. Now, when I go back to PA, ticks seem to be an issue now.
I used to live around Meadville, now up in Millcreek. Sorry you had to live in the woods, hope you at least had a tent! Just joking. Ticks are becoming a problem here. I think they moved here from NJ. ! Another joke.
Same in NY. Milder winters.
@@dznnf7more deer
@@dznnf7, same in CT; and I live about an hour away from Lyme Disease "Ground Zero". Ticks are *everywhere*; some places worse than others, but even wide gravel trails that were formerly railroad routes will have ticks galore along the edges of the trail. I don't walk in the woods or even around my yard without first tucking my pants in my socks and spraying my ankles and pants legs with bug repellent. BTW, in Maine the winter ticks are so prevalent that they are killing moose through massive blood loss.
Thanks so much Adam, love your videos!
Thank you Adam! Wonderful.
Love the tutorial on trees...
Magnolia/cucumber.
I've never seen one before. They usually don't grow in this part of southern Indiana. Thank you
Love the video! I was thinking it was a magnolia, but NEVER have I seen one this huge!!
Adam!! Great video!!
I'm in SW Pennsylvania and I've never seen this tree that I know of. I spent a lot of time in the woods as a kid. I am only familiar with tulip trees. Now I've got to find one of these.
Would never have guessed cucumber magnolia as I'd never heard of that tree. I see that they don't grow where I live. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your passion for trees with us!
Great video Adam!
I have been following you for several years when I started to learned more about the flora around where I lived in Wisconsin.
I fall in love with you since the first time I saw you ❤and still pretty much in love 😍
Thank you for all that you do💋
Good Morning, sweet another episode of Digital Farmers Almanac
Hell yeah that's why I love this channel
Thanks again Adam! Always learning!
When I grew up in PA in the 70s, there was always snow on the ground from December to April.
I love trees and your channel!!!
Love your videos. Great presentation.
Love it Adam.
You had me stumped with this one. I don't believe I've ever seen this tree in person. The leaves and fruit were unrecognized to me.
Thanks Adam!
Always enjoy your videos!
Cheers thanks for sharing.
Love seeing youuuu!!
Thanks Adam
It reminds me of an American Elm.
That was my first thought too
Yes. Looks very similar to our elm that grew to be 50'+ high. We had to cut it down because it got hit by lightening and had a massive wound, thus was unstable. He just revealed the leaf and it's too big though. Seed pod does look identical to our magnolias, but are smaller.
Only seen one bigger than this in a forest and it was in Ohio, this is a nice, girthy find!
Another wonderful lesson.
Thanks!
Your videos are great. Thank you.
I grew up in east Texas and later lived as a college student in eastern NC. The Southern Magnolia is a favorite ❤️ ❤
Thank you!
I guessed magnolia when I saw the leaf. I don’t think I have ever seen this in the forest here in Indiana or Kentucky. Guess we are out of it’s territory.
Thanks Adam. Always a treat to see your videos.
Fantastic video thank you
Great video! I always learn something from them.
Great video and love your enthusiasm. I live out in the western PNW where we have of old growth still thankfully. It is alwys humbling to come across really old living things. My experience of old growth has always been on the west coast. Some day I will get out to the other parts of the country to experience other types of trees. Hopefully you have had the wonderful experience of seeing the grand old growth woods out here in the west.
I just love your passion! Keep up the great videos!
Adam, you Rock! Great tutorial!
Fascinating! I always wanted to see one of these!
Got it once I saw the fruit. We have been trying to grow these in our place in Maine. Beautiful specimen.
Thank you ✨💚✨😊✨
You are a great teaching! I love it.
Another wonderful lesson, Thanks!
Thank you extremely informative 👍
Fantastic video! Ive seen them before in the NC mountains but maybe not this large. Your words in your emails and how you speak in your videos really connect. Thank you always for more tree knowledge!
Fascinating. I saw some down in Kentucky a few years ago. I like the mysterious approach to the video.
Kudos on the effort you went through to get this video to us 🙏
I got it!! I said a cucumber tree. I have a favorite in my woods!! I often think of you when I am out in the woods, Adam.
Loved the video and all the knowledge you share with us.
Great channel!
This was fun! Thank you. I like trying to identify trees. ❤
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge.
Thank you for showing us your big tree, its a very nice big tree. 😊
Thank you.
Nice video, thank you
Excellent...a tree of which I had not yet heard! Thank you!
I love learning about trees. I have never heard of this species. Super cool. Thank you Adam!
I could listen to you all day and would trust you with my life in regards to mushrooms and such I appreciate you sharing your vast knowledge!
Fun video, thanks.
I remember the young guy with long hair, piecings, and a headband. Wasn't all that long ago honestly.
i love the big spider running by! & in the winter yet!!!
It's always nice to see the fresh videos that you share. 💪😎
Love your video. So informative. You make a forest like a box of candies!
I love learning something new every day and I love trees...thank you for doing this for all of us :-)
I've never heard of them before! I'm going to have to keep my eye out!
There is one of that size in a protected old growth forest at Lily Dale,Chautauqua Co. N.Y. I so much enjoy your vids. Keep up the great work that you do! Cheers!
Thank you