Ed, I think you have the height and girth records for devil's walking-stick switched. I know their are taller ones in the Smokies, and I believe Will has measured them to 70'+. The 32 years is from a large (2'+ cbh) individual that had recently died naturally.
Jess On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, > > As uncomfortable as grabbing it may be for the hiker, Arilia spinosa is a > native tree across much of eastern United States. It isn't clear if it > actually is native to NYC, or if that is just beyond its native range. It > was used in Victorian gardens as an ornamental, and the aromatic roots and > fruit were used by settlers as home remedies...mainly for toothache. I am > curious how large of trees they are removing? It certainly is not a highly > thought of tree in any case. The tallest specimen in our database is 36 > feet, and the fattest is 53.4 inches GBH. That is a pretty fat one, but I > am sure there are many taller examples out there, we just don't measure that > many of them. The oldest one we have found was one Jess Riddle noted cut > along a trail at just 32 years old. Some of these pioneer species seem to > just die before growing very old. I would be interested in ring counts from > any larger or old specimens removed as part of the project. I personally am > curious about many of these unwanted and oft overlooked species. > > Ed > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:17 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hemlocks - HWA? > The DEVIL is Aralia spinosa - Devil's Walking Stick. I joke a lot that > we are removing the Devil and the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) from the > Forest. Nobody really laughs though...I can't figure out if they don't > get it or the joke is just getting really really old or it just wasn't > that funny in the first place! > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
