Darian, That's an impressive blackhaw, and much larger than the one currently on the Ents maximum dimension list. Any chance you could go back and get the circumference at the "waist"?
Jess On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Darian Copiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had heard that Casey Trees had a list of big trees, but figured they were > only street trees since that is what they did an inventory of. I haven't > seen the list below - thanks for the link. It could be more extensive > though. I will also be curiuos to visit some on the list and see if I know > of any larger ones. I have thought of starting a big tree list, but haven't > gotten around to it yet. > > I am attaching an image of a "big tree" I saw in D.C. recently. This was at > St. Elizabeth's Hosptial, an historic psychiatric hospital on the south side > of the Anacostia River. In the image you can use the little sign on the > tree for scale (sorry there's no person). The cbh was 4' 10", but that may > be cheating a little since you'll notice the trunk actually gets wider at > this height than it is lower down. This is not an overly large tree in > general, but I thought it was very impressive for the species. At least > it's the largest I've seen. This is a blackhaw, Viburnum prunifolium. > > Darian > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Edward Forrest Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Barry, >> >> There is a listing of Champion Trees being maintained by Casey Trees >> http://www.caseytrees.org/about/index.html >> >> http://www.caseytrees.org/pdfs/BigTrees.pdf >> http://www.caseytrees.org/images/Biggest_BigTrees_8x11.jpg >> >> The group also has an interactive ap of every street tree in the city. As >> far as ENTS working in the area you can check o our website and find some >> reports by Darian Copiz and Mathew Hannum. The ENTS websita also has some >> links to newspaper articles on historical trees. That is about it. >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Join me in the Eastern Native Tree Society at >> http://www.nativetreesociety.org >> and in the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community at: >> http://primalforests.ning.com/ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:24 PM >> Subject: [ENTS] Washington DC - anyone recording big trees? >> Is there anyone in DC recording big trees? I have ben unable to find any >> lists other than those for the states. >> >> Barry Nichols, webmaster >> persimmonpudding.com >> --- >> persimmonpudding.com: dedicated to growing, education, and use of >> Diospyros virginiana L., the common, or American persimmon >> http://www.persimmonpudding.com >> >> P. O. Box 21182 >> Louisville, KY USA 40221 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
