A rough guess from memory, maybe 15-20 feet. I've never heard of Chestnut being native here, but possibly in North Jersey. I don't know their native range, but the native tree list for the Pine Barrens wouldn't include that. The white pines near it are equally small, so there is some sort of human disturbance there, but what and when, I don't know. One day I'll walk that path again and measure it. I should be able to do the height since it's a small tree.
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: From: James Parton <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Chestnut Project To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 2:26 PM Barry, Do you have an idea of how tall it is? Or a photo? It sounds like the Pine Barrens may have chestnuts. I have no idea whether the American species was native there. JP On Mar 4, 4:35 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I found a Chestnut. It's about a mile from here as the crow flies. It's on a trail that is an extension of a dirt road. All along the trail there are native pine barrens trees until suddenly you come across a couple of white pines and a chestnut. I have no idea of whether it's an American or Chinese though. From memory I'm guessing it was 6 to 8 inches in diamater, maybe. > > --- On Tue, 3/3/09, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: James Parton <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] The Chestnut Project > To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:13 PM > > ENTS, > > I have finally compiled a tentative list on superlative chestnut trees found and measured by ENTS members. It concentrates it's attention on the American Chestnut but is open to all Castanea species. On the American tree I have set the lower limit for height at 25 feet but exceptions can be made if the tree for example has a really wide spread or large girth. > > This is my first real attempt at using Microsoft Excel so excuse me if it is a bit crude. I gleaned the data from ENTS posts on the Chestnut Project page of the ENTS website as well as other places on our website. > > It should become better and more complete as time goes on. > > Get out there and measure some Chestnuts! > > Thank you Ed for your help and encouragement on the Chestnut Project. > > James Parton > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
