Steve & James, I have seen white pines with this form although not all as large as yours. The area I live in has been heavily developed over the last 15 years and the white pine is a popular landscape choice. The beetles and storm damage affect many of them causing multiple leaders. This form is very common in suburban areas. James, those are some impressive virginia pines from the Kellogg Center. I measured a few last week here in SE Pa. and can't seem to break the 80' mark. I know Dale measured our state champ at 94.5' but I don't know if Pa. has any over 100'.
George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Parton Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 5:34 PM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Letchworth SP east side; Bizarre White Pine Steve, This one of yours reminds me of one Will Blozan and I measured at the Kellogg Center near Hendersonville NC. It has a huge very short trunk with multiple huge upward growing trunks growing out and upward. It's appearance is so bizarre that I have named it the " Octopus Pine ". http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/kellogg/kellogg_c onference_center.htm http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/3e2ef51e831be6 a5?hl=en It is the big field pine near the bottom of Will's post. James Parton On Mar 7, 11:13 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > I had two things to share: > > -I posted two photos of a really strange White Pine I encountered in > Letchworth SP, NY. It had about 5 live and 2 dead trunks growing out > of one large one. Anyone seen one like this before? > > -I've read posts on ENTS about Letchworth SP old-growth on the west > side. Has anyone explored the east side of the park? There seem to > be many side gullies, off the main trail (Letchworth Trail/FLT), > draining into the main gorge that harbor fairly tall white pines and > hemlocks. I didn't know if anyone has explored these areas yet. > The gorge is 20-something miles long, and the east side receives only > a fraction of the tourist pressure as the west. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
