Larry, Any photos of that sparkleberry? I know that species grows much larger along the coast than it does inland, but 5' cbh is fantastic. I'd love to hear more about where the tree is growing and what it looks like.
Jess On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > > ENTS, Saturday, I traveled back to an old friend. The Andrew > Jackson Oak, located in Daphne Ala., CBH-29'10". I was headed south to > Fairhope Ala., and couldn't pass by without stopping in to see him. > What an Awesome specimen! After a brief reunion and photos I > continued south along Hwy 98 to find some large Live Oaks in Fairhope. > Returning to Knoll Park for some Long Leaf Pine mesurements. Just > before coming into Farihope along 98 at The Shrine ot the Holy Cross > Catholic Chruch, I spied two larger Live Oaks. I pulled into the 10 > acre grounds with many trees and buildings. I measured two of the > largest Oaks at the facility. The Shrine of the Holy Cross Catholic > Church #1, CBH- 22'7", Height-75', Spread-124.5'. #2, CBH-23'3", > Height-78' and Spread-142.5'. Both beautiful trees with perfect form > and around 200 years > old. > Next I went to Knoll Park located near the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay > in Fairhope. I had been there before and wanted to return for the park > contained about 5 acres of older Long Leaf Pines. The city has done a > fantastic job of managing this stand of pines, some of which are > around 130+ years old. I found a stump and counted 130 rings on a 2' > Dia. The largest LongLeaf Pine at Knoll Park measured, CBH-7'9", > Height-82.5' and Spread-51'. I saw a large Sparkleberry, CBH-5', > Height-28.7' and Spread-34.5, a small but beautiful tree in its own > right. I also had one more surprise! A Bald Eagle was resting in one > of the Pines. A rare sight down here. I got two photos before the > Eagle flew > off. > In the 1980s Horn Island, off the Ms. Coast, the National Park Service > experimented to bring back the Bald Eagle here. They built towers on > the Island and after puppet feeding, they released them. I helped > repair some of the Cages that contained the Eagles while working at a > Welding Shop in Ocean Springs, Ms. Over the last couple of decades > nesting pairs have begun to repopulate our > region. > I can't post photos on this page for some reason, so I have to post > them on our file page. I will update the Live Oak Listing now at 92 > and put lots of photos on the file page. Larry > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
