Barry, Will has told me of a 106 footer somewhere in the Smokies. I think in Greenbrier...
JP On Feb 5, 12:10 am, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > I just found out that the National Champion American Holly is down where some > of you are going, down in Congaree. It's nearly 100 feet tall! > > I just found this: > The "national champion" American holly, in the Congaree Swamp of South > Carolina, is 30.2 m (99 ft) tall, with a circumference of 248 cm (98 in), a > trunk diameter of 79 cm (31 in), and a crown diameter of 12.2 m (40 ft) (2). > Hollies 30 to 90 cm (24 to 36 in) in diameter measured near the ground are > common in the Mississippi River Delta (24). Trees 30.5 m (100 ft) tall and > 122.0 cm (48 in) in d.b.h. have been recorded (18), but such trees were over > 100 years old. > > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
