James, Jess went somewhere and I'm sure he will post it. I helped my brother hang drywall in an attic...
Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Parton Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:08 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Bradley Fork Tuliptree climbed! Will, Yes, the tree is massive for it's age. There are little difference between the average and maximum spread. The crown is nearly circular. Did You and Jess make it back into the forest before he left for home? JP On Dec 26, 10:45 am, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > > Sorry, I forgot to post the spread. I came up with 87.7 foot average spread; > max 91'. That tree has occupied a huge amount of space in ~100 years! > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of James Parton > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 6:52 PM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Bradley Fork Tuliptree climbed! > > Will, > > What did the spread turn out to be? It had a sizeable canopy. > > JP > > On Dec 21, 10:24 am, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > ENTS, > > > While many of you northerners were hunkered down in a snowy mess, Jess > > Riddle, James Parton, Jason Childs and I went into the Bradley Fork > > watershed yesterday to climb and tape-drop the super tuliptree Jess found > in > > 2006. I lasered the tree this past September, and as it was a contender > for > > the tallest known specimen a climb was more than justified. > > >http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/gsmnp/bradleyfork/bradley... > > uliptree.htm > > > The heavy rains of the past week had Bradley Fork swollen to a formidable > > torrent. Our usual crossing spot was underwater so we had to cross by > other > > means. Jess and I chose a slippery hemlock log, Jason rock-hopped and > walked > > across some toppled rhododendron, and James simply walked through. On the > > way out we choose to walk upstream to a bridge. > > > Jess crossing the log. > > > And James just crossing! > > > We hauled the gear up the cove to the tree. The first limb was 85 feet up > > and the ground sloped so the initial line set was difficult without a > > slingshot (which we should have brought.). Four LONG pitches later I made > it > > to 160 feet which was as high as I was comfortable going in the young > tree. > > Jason brought up a 17 foot pole with which I was able to reach the top for > > the height determination. Jess scouted the other tops so we had the > correct > > one and we set the tape straight up and down. > > > Looking down from 160 feet. Jason is barely visible in white helmet. > > > Jason working his way up. > > > The final tape reading was 181.35 feet, just 7 inches less than my 181.9' > > laser shot in the summer. I am still amazed at the accuracy of the > low-cost > > ENTS sine method. As a bonus, we discovered this tree has multiple tops > over > > 180' and the highest recorded liana in the eastern US; Virginia creeper > was > > found to reach 166.5 feet! > > > View up into the highest top. > > > This climb confirms or solidifies several important current facts: > > > This tree is the tallest known tuliptree, and sole representative member > of > > the "180 Club" > > > Tuliptree is the tallest eastern hardwood > > > Tuliptree is the only hardwood in the east to break 180 feet tall > > > Tuliptree is currently the tallest native hardwood in North America > > > The motley crew: Will, Jason, James and Jess at the base of the tree > > > A tree of such significance needs an appropriate name. I'll leave that up > to > > Jess! > > > Will F. Blozan > > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > image008.jpg > > 73KViewDownload > > > image007.jpg > > 83KViewDownload > > > image006.jpg > > 67KViewDownload > > > image005.jpg > > 78KViewDownload > > > image004.jpg > > 65KViewDownload > > > image003.jpg > > 65KViewDownload > > > image002.jpg > > 63KViewDownload > > > image001.jpg > > 59KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
