http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/business/climatechange/2columnsubpage/267332.html

reports the National Post,

excerpt from article…

“This is the first Austrian pine with broad leaf maple leaves on it,” jokes Mr. Davies.

A metal tag on its trunk labels this tree as #1190. Mr. Davies pulls out a “tree preservation plan,” submitted to the City of Toronto last fall by GWL Realty Advisors. GWL wants to knock down these townhouses, cut down 60 mature trees and erect two 31-storey towers. The firm hired David Carnevale of The Tree Specialists to study the trees.

According to Mr. Carnevale’s report, tree #1190 is “Austrian pine, diameter at breast height 34 cm.” It lists the tree’s condition as “fair” and its “suitability for conservation” as “good.” However, because the tree is “in conflict with proposed construction,” the report recommends “remove.”

Even I can tell a maple from a pine. On the branches of tree #1190 are maple leaves. Mr. Davies estimates this silver maple’s diameter at 90 cm at breast height, and its age at 80 to 120 years.

read full article at the National Post

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