Larry,
This is indeed an impressive Southern magnolia tree (the live oaks of course are always impressive too)! What is the stone marker in the picture at your feet? Is the marker significant to the tree or just an address marker? Steve Springer ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lawrence tucei jr Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:45 PM To: Entstrees Subject: [ENTS] Mobile Live Oaks and a Nice Magnolia ENTS, I traveled back to Mobile Sunday with a friend to measure a couple of Live Oaks and a Magnolia I saw there on my last weeks visit. We saw several Live Oaks in the 20'-22' CBH range as we drove around Mobiles Historic District. There are hundreds of large Live Oaks planted thoughout the city, along streets. Most I read were planted between 1840 and 1900. I'll have to go to the library and visit the historical society to get more details. The first tree we did was the large Magnolia I spied last week on an earlier visit. The Fred Frambough Magnolia growing at 1911 Dauphing St. It is the fourth Magnolia I've measured since I've been with ENTS. The house where the tree is growing was built in 1907. The tree was there before that,c I'm guessing the mid 1800's. Not tall but wilh a massive trunk and large crown, loaded with flowers. Mr. Frambough was kind enough to let me measure and photograph this big Magnolia. CBH-18' 10", Height-57' and Spread-105' X 70.7'. Thats 327 total points. The first Live Oak we did is also on Dauphin St., at 2601, growing in front of a law office. CBH-22' 5", Height- 57' and Spread-143.5' X 126'. A large tree with a nice crown and healthy. We ate lunch under the Oak and then proceeded to a bigger tree just off of Springhill Ave. The Pharr Oak at 211 Woodlands Ave., CBH-25', Height-57' and Spread-135.5' X 138'. Tough to get an exact CBH due to all the ground cover. This Live Oak had some of the largest leaves I've seen. Mr. Mobley the homeowner was glad to let me document this tree. It is listed at #20 on the Mobile Tree Trail, and he was grateful that an Organization like ENTS existed. The Listing is now at 126 Live Oaks. Some photos! Larry ________________________________ Hotmail(r) has a new way to see what's up with your friends. Check it out. <http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_T utorial_WhatsNew1_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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
