Wow. That's something. Cool. Barry --- On Fri, 5/1/09, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote:
From: pabigtrees <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Weeping Beech of Flushing, NY To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 5:07 AM Barry, if you would like to see a weeping beech that is still alive and awesome, check this link. http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/Bane%20w%20beech%203.JPG it measures 12.1cbh x 64.7' tall x 93' spread It is our state champ in Pa and was planted in the mid 1700's. It is European weeping beech on American Beech root stock. It has 9 sister stems where it has touched the ground and rooted. It is quite the monster. I think the story about the NY tree being the mother of all weepers may be incorrect due to the date of this tree. Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
