Yes, I believe that it was ! ;) PJ
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > Paul- > Was it a Cherry tree? > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:25:46 -0500 > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Monster red spruce > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > Well, I read a new story on *April 1* about Obama personally cutting down > one of the oldest presidential trees to make room for an organic garden on > the white house grounds!!!!! Fool! > > Anyway, some creative Google'ing comes up with quite a few of them, but no > attempts at lists seem to be there. > > If you are really serious, try contacting someone at: > > http://www.whitehousehistory.org/ > > http://www.annistonmuseum.org/White_House_Garden/ > > Regards, > > Paul J. > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Steven Springer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > ENTS, > > I sailed this request a while back with no response, so I will try once > more: does anyone know about any tree survey work done regarding the > Presidential trees planted within the grounds of the White House? We know > that many presidents, perhaps most, have planted a tree during their term > (e.g. Andrew Jackson—Magnolias, George W. Bush—American chestnut). > > Steve Springer > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Will Blozan > *Sent:* Sunday, May 03, 2009 8:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [ENTS] Monster red spruce > > ENTS, > > While completing hemlock woolly adelgid treatments in the Smokies this past > winter I was required to walk nearly 75 miles of roads. This gave me the > opportunity to slow down my pace I normally pass through and see more of the > vegetation by the road. In addition to finding various exotics such as pecan > and white poplar, I also found a new occurrence of a rare, artic orchid in > TN (*Goodyera repens*). > > > View of Anakeesta Ridge, TN from US 441 with old-growth red spruce. Gray > skeletons are dead hemlock and some spruce and Fraser fir snags. > > > Foggy valley below (Deep Creek, NC) > > > Getting ready for treatments at Newfound Gap NC/TN state line > > > Ancient red spruce in the West Prong Little Pigeon River watershed, TN > > I located several specimens of native tree that I either measured or plan > to return to measure. While walking the main Transmountain Highway (US 441) > from Newfound Gap to Gatlinburg I spotted what I at first thought was a > really nice, healthy hemlock. It had the growth form, taper, and size of a > large specimen. As I poked through the rhododendron to go treat it I soon > realized it was not a hemlock but a massive red spruce. This tree, with > scaly bark, was not expected since the elevation was a bit below the normal > range for such a large spruce. > > > > > > > > Without a doubt, this is the largest specimen I have ever seen! At 12’4” > cbh X 133.1’ it is among the largest girths known and attains a respectable > height (there is one in this area that exceeds 150’ tall). It is likely this > tree may be the largest in volume for the species that ENTS knows of. Of > course, I plan to climb it and will probably also map the crown for a 3-D > model. It has some serious gnarl and the beginnings of a large reiteration. > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check > it > out.<http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
