Jenny- The information for Blue Ash looks a bit specious, at best; both in size and range(native only as far east as central Ohio, seldom used as an ornamental). Probably European ash, Fraxinus excelsior. 161' still hard to accept.
Steve On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:17 PM, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > HI, > > I was filling out applications for the Forest Manager to submit to the > organization that determines which trees are champions (I really ought > to know what that is...) and wondered what anyone thought of some of > the points/measurements. I only have a few pieces of data. (Their > locations were not written down so when I can I'll get some help and > go take pix.) > > Or maybe you can tell me what site to go to to compare? > > Here are some of the submissions for native trees. I didn't have time > to get all the measurements (probably need dbh at least?): > > American Elm (Ulmus americana) 115 ft, tall, 296 points > Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) 108 ft. tall, 272.5 points > Paper Birch (Betula papyfera) 71 ft tal, 146 points > Blue Ash - 161.5 ft. tall, 264 points > Betula lenta - 90 ft. tall, 181.5 points > Eastern Hemlock (allegedly healthy...) - 106 ft. tall, 168 points > > Thanks! > > Jenny > > Jenny > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
