Man, I gotta get down there! I was in the area once, but didn't stop. Actually, I've been in the general area many times, but I think I went by the exact place once. Darn.
--- On Fri, 2/6/09, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: From: pabigtrees <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: National Champion American Holly To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 5:17 AM BArry There are 70+ footers in Bear swamp NJ that are very old. about 5.5 cbh too. Scott 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
