Bob, Thanks for keeping us up on the tall tree wars. Eucalyptus is one heck of a species. I noticed in the write-up the ground method for measuring the tree heights was listed as the sine method. Nice to know that our friends down under have caught on quickly and are doing it right.
Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: BVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Greetings, > > After living for several years with the knowledge that it had the > FIFTH highest leaf (for a species) in the world, Eucalyptus has com > back with a vengance! > > Check out the new discovery: > > http://www.forestrytas.com.au/news/2008/10/welcome-to-the-centurion > > It has LEAPED past Pseudotsuga, Picea, and Sequoiadendron to become > the second tallest tree species! > > This is fitting, as it historically (probably) was 2nd or 3rd. > > My friends Brett Mifsud and Tom Greenwood will be climbing and > verifying the height on Thursday. > > BTW - the tree was discovered by LIDAR! > > Cheers, > - BVP > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
