George, Western North Carolina has some big Virginia pines. Some over 100 feet tall. I have no idea what the record is.
JP On Mar 8, 8:29 pm, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ke... > onference_center.htm > > http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/3e2ef51... > 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.- 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
