Will, I remember reading about this one through TACF. They have it listed as 88 feet tall. That is probably by tangent method. Your sine measurements have it slightly shorter but it is still the tallest I have heard of.
WoW! I listed it. James P. On Mar 4, 7:09 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > > Don't forget our eastern height champ! > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/ohio/greattrees/great_tre... > hio.htm > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of James Parton > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:14 PM > To: ENTS > Subject: [ENTS] The Chestnut Project > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
