George- I did not measure any of the paw paw--they were sort of a serendipitous encounter, all under 20', but I'll look for and measure in the future. The elm, however, reached over 100'--I'll return soon(hopefully this week) to measure the the white elm.
Steve On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:13 PM, George Fieo <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > > > That’s a great cottonwood. You have mentioned white elm in some of your > recent posts. I would love to see some pictures of any forest grown ones if > you have any. Did you measure any of the pawpaw? > > > > George > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Galehouse > *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:13 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [ENTS] French Creek, Ohio report > > > > ENTS- > > Spent a couple of hours this morning exploring the French Creek area in > Lorain County, Ohio. Not many really large trees were found (Cottonwood at > 125.5" tallest measured), but certainly some interesting ones. The > topography is a combination of steep shale cliffs, with wide floodplains at > their bases. The floodplain forest has an interesting combination of > species, including: white elm, black walnut, hackberry, paw paw, Ohio > buckeye, black maple, white ash, and of course red maple, sycamore, and > cottonwood. The naturalized osage orange was the most unusual find. They are > frequent around here along roadsides near farms, and were once grown to > provide post timbers for the local vineyards, but this is the first time > I've encountered them in a "forest" situation. > > Osage orange, ht. 68', cbh. 10'6'' Osage orange crown > > A good size Ohio buckeye was also found, ht. 63', cbh. 6'10'' > Usually buckeye is much smaller and shorter. > Near the osage orange was a nice hackberry, ht.87.5', cbh. 8'3'' > > > A good sized white oak, with very unusual bark characteristics was also > found. The lower trunk had what I would consider normal bark, while the > upper trunk and major branches had heavily plated, almost exfoliated bark. > I've seen this on one other individual in the general area. > > . > > > Steve > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
