George, That would be great. I would like to see what the larger specimens look like if you can take photos.
I have some decent scars on my arms from handling these guys and now I can't even be mad at them anymore..... Jenny On Mar 19, 10:53 pm, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, > > I can easily put my pruning saw in my backpack. It's hard to say why the > devils walkingstick died. I think it was a 3x and it's base looked like it > rotted away. There is a sumac growing in a tree line across the street from > where I live. I'd say it's at least 30'. It's flower clusters are still > holding on and is why I noticed it. The next time I walk the dog I'll check > it out. > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Edward Frank > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa > > George, > > If you get a chance to do so that would be good. Why do you think the dead > ones died? It would be much easier to carry a small, real, saw along in a > backpack to collect a few ring counts, than to try to use some of those > other pruning contraptions that never work very well. Scott measured a > walkingstick with a girth of 19 inches, a height of 26.9 feet, and a spread > > of 18 feet at Our Lady of Angels Convent Aston, PA. > > Much the same should be considered if you encounter any large sumacs. I > posted an age of just 21 years for an 8 inch diameter dead sumac I pushed > over along the highway. Nobody else has posted anything greater. We don't > have any really big Sumacs reported from PA either (pr anywhere else for > that matter). Scott lists a Staghorn Sumac at 43 feet tall, and 34 inches > in girth from Luzern County, but it was measured by some else in 1988. I am > > not even confident of the identification (maybe it is alianthus) if it is > even still alive. If you find a big specimen get a crown spread for the > biggest of the individual trunks as well as any multitrunk measurements you > chose to take. > > Ed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
