NJMC Celebrates Arbor Day and Earth Day By Giving Towns 140 Trees
LYNDHURST – The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) today presented 140 American linden trees to Meadowlands District municipalities as part of the Commission’s annual Arbor Day Community Tree Planting Program.
“We are thrilled to give our Municipalities the gift of trees, which do so much for the environment,” said Joseph Doria, Chairman of the NJMC and Commissioner of the state Department of Community Affairs. “From providing habitat, food and shade to improving air quality and trapping greenhouse gases, trees are among the most productive plant species.”
This year District Municipalities received American linden trees. The American linden, also known as the basswood, is a member of the Tiliaceae family. It is an ideal shade tree, with bountiful, fragrant flowers and large, heart-shaped leaves that form a domed crown. The flowers exude a sweet scent during the summer, and bees use their nectar to produce honey. A relatively fast-growing tree, American lindens can grow up to 130 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 2 to 3 feet. The trees distributed this year are about 8 feet tall.
The NJMC has provided more than 1,200 trees to District Municipalities at a cost of more than $110,000 since the Arbor Day program’s inception in 2003. In addition to American lindens, towns have received tulips, green ash, northern red oaks, dogwoods and honeylocusts. Thirteen District Municipalities participated in this year’s program, the highest number in its history.
LYNDHURST – The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) today presented 140 American linden trees to Meadowlands District municipalities as part of the Commission’s annual Arbor Day Community Tree Planting Program.
“We are thrilled to give our Municipalities the gift of trees, which do so much for the environment,” said Joseph Doria, Chairman of the NJMC and Commissioner of the state Department of Community Affairs. “From providing habitat, food and shade to improving air quality and trapping greenhouse gases, trees are among the most productive plant species.”
This year District Municipalities received American linden trees. The American linden, also known as the basswood, is a member of the Tiliaceae family. It is an ideal shade tree, with bountiful, fragrant flowers and large, heart-shaped leaves that form a domed crown. The flowers exude a sweet scent during the summer, and bees use their nectar to produce honey. A relatively fast-growing tree, American lindens can grow up to 130 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 2 to 3 feet. The trees distributed this year are about 8 feet tall.
The NJMC has provided more than 1,200 trees to District Municipalities at a cost of more than $110,000 since the Arbor Day program’s inception in 2003. In addition to American lindens, towns have received tulips, green ash, northern red oaks, dogwoods and honeylocusts. Thirteen District Municipalities participated in this year’s program, the highest number in its history.
