Andrew, Some of the leaves look like cherrybark oak. Some range maps don't show the species in the area, but I have seen them around Chattanooga. It's also the species that will most frequently reach the dimensions you list.
Jess On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Andrew Joslin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello ENTS, > Fellow tree climber and aspiring tree measurer David Obie has located a > roughly 133.5 ft. oak of undetermined species (red oak family I think) in > the Fort Oglethorpe area in northern Georgia just south of Chattanooga. > David did a straight up measurement (k) with a Nikon 550 rangefinder to get > 133.5', the CBH is 14' 7". He's is going back to the tree to gather twig/bud > samples, take photos and measure using sine top/sine bottom so more info is > on the way. > > Here's a photo of leaves gathered at the base of the trunk, anyone recognize > the species? (there may be more than one in the group) > http://hunabku.mysite.com/images/file0058.1.jpg > > I looked though Dirr's 'Manual of Woody Landscape Plants' to do leaf > comparisons, the closest match I could come up with is Shumard Oak. > > Thanks, > -AJ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
