Barry, The only holly I know that is 100 feet or greater is the 106 footer in Greenbrier ( Cannon Creek ) GSMNP. I would bet that Congaree has an undiscovered 100 ft holly somewhere.
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/gsmnp/lowes.htm James Parton On Mar 2, 2:40 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I need to get down there. I also need to get over to Saddler's Woods, > which is west or northwest of here, maybe the same distance away as Bear > Swamp. > Didn't someone in the ENTS mention a few times about a 103 foot holly or > something? I'm quite sure someone mentioned one that was over 100 foot. > Those hollies at Congaree were definitely amazing. > Barry > > --- On Mon, 3/2/09, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: James Parton <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: National Champion American Holly > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 10:41 AM > > Barry, > > I wonder how this was measured? By the tangent method or by ENTS sine > method? On our recent Congaree outing we did not measure a holly > quite 99 feet tall but got a 97 ft one. It seems like I remember Will > Blozan stating that the 97 ft one was the tallest found in Congaree. > > By any reason, Congaree's hollies are awesome. I noticed them before > any other tree there. Someone there mentioned holly 8 to 10 feet in > girth. That is huge! I saw none quite that fat. > > You should try getting to Bear Swamp NJ. > > James P. > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
