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Dale On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: > > ENTS > > As part of my new part time job, measuring the 5000 trees at Longwood > Gardens, I had the oppurtunity to remeasure the tallest recorded > exotic species. Just a couple of years ago this tree was over 125' > causing Will Blozan to honor it with it's title. Now in 2009 the tree > is 131.2' It grows down by a lake in competition with 140 class Tulip > Poplars. The Metasequoia or Dawn Redwood was only brought to the > states in the 1940's. So reaching 130 in 62 years is incredible. The > mature specimens in the Arboreta on the east coast that were planted > in the 40's are sending off seedlings at a high rate. I counted 22 > under this one tree. Dawn redwood was native to the US many millions > of years ago from the fossil record, and it appears to be excited to > be back! The Morris Arboretum has a specimen that was measured with a > clinometer at 130' in 2005. I have asked them to remeasure with their > new laser, as they and Longwood have accepted the ENTS method. I can > only imagine what this species will bring for height records in the > next 10 years. With a usual growth rate of 3' per year, we could have > 160' trees or more if they can keep it up. > > 10.9 x 131.2 > > Scott > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
