Wow! I can't wait to see how it measures up!
On Oct 9, 9:53 am, pabigtrees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ENTS > > I gave a tree tour for the volunteers of the Scott Arboretum at > Swarthmore College in Delaware Co. Pa. the other day. We had a nice > half day tour to look at some local champion trees. After the tour, I > wanted to measure some of the trees in the arboretum to include in the > champion tree register. The last time I poked around there, I found a > new champion Kentucky coffee tree and a new champion American Elm. > This day we listed a new champion cut leaf Japanese maple and a Paw > Paw. We then ventured into the woods behind the college where the > Crumm Creek runs through to the Delaware River. The grounds manager > wanted to show me a big tulip down in the draw that he thought was > large. He led me down a steep trail towards the creek to a mammoth > old tulip that weighed in with a cbh of 16.8'. I wasn't able to see > the top, but a straight up laser shot provided 48 yds. This was a > forest tree with a cylindrical trunk with little taper and no branches > below 80 feet. What a sight. I hope to return in winter and try for > a rucker index on this area, although I didn't see ten different > species while I was there. We'll see. > > Scott W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
