Barry, I was told of a huge Dogwood in Brevard NC a while back. I need to get out there and try to find it. Dogwood is one tree I have not measured much.
Another generally small tree that needs more measuring work done is Hawthorn. The only trouble with hawthorns is identifying the individual species which are numerous and to complicate matters they naturally hybridize. James P. On Feb 27, 4:58 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > I've been thinking lately about the possibility of finding a large Dogwood > (Cornus florida), somewhere, especially after all the discussion and photos > of large American Holly trees, another tree not usually seen large. > > Back in North Jersey, where we lived pre-1985, Flowering Dogwood was one of > the species growing in the woods behind our house. As I've said before the > woods behind our old house was farmland until 1949. The trees were Wild > Cherry, Eastern Red Cedar, Flowering Dogwood, Swamp Maple, Bigtooth Aspen and > Pitch Pine. I forget what else. (Across the street there was a mini pine > barrens growing in and around an old sand pit.) > Anyway, somewhere behind our house I remember finding a Flowering Dogwood > that was growing only upward, trying to reach the sun, and therefore was more > vertical than horizontal, and not in the typical understory tree growth habit > of the species. > So I'm wondering if it's possible that old Dogwoods might exist somewhere > that are growing the way I'm describing, and therefore would be tall and > large. It would be interesting to find such a tree or trees. Maybe we can all > keep an eye open for such a tree. Few old-growth forests exist here in NJ, > and Dogwoods aren't native to the Pine Barrens. So I'm unlikely to find one. > I imagine that if a tall Dogwood exists, it is probably quite rare, since > they don't normally grow that way. > On the same subject, I'd love to see huge and tall Eastern Red Cedars, > Sweetbay Magnolias and Wild Black Cherries (Prunus serotina). Large and tall > examples of each of these must exist somewhere, I imagine. I've seen > good-sized examples of each, but not huge or tall. > Thanks, > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
