Scott, Kouta and Quercuphiles, You all have probably seen this but here is a post several years ago that you may find interesting. It is curious that the limb count is the same, but 20 years later. The Forest Oak is now dead.
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/maryland/mdoaks/big_maryland_oak s.htm Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pabigtrees Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:43 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Salem Oak (pictures) Barry, ENTS This White oak is listed in the 1982 edition of Penn's Woods. In 1932 the cbh was 19'2 In 1982 it was 20'6. It would be awesome if you could get me a current cbh for this tree. One of the large limbs came off in a storm in the 1940's. This limb had 275 rings. Legend has it that John Fenwick, Quaker, arrived in 1675 and made a peace treaty with the native americans under this tree. In 1681 the first meeting house was built here. In 1699 A brick church was built. In 1772 the current meeting house was finished. This is one of those oaks that actually is around 300 years old. Using the ring count from the 40's the tree would be around 335 years old this year. Still open for debate, as the ring count could be incorrect. Barry, if you are interested, I can send you a list of trees in NJ that have historical importance, and need to be located/measured/ photographed? Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
