George, In the Sierra Nevada's, sugar pine becomes the largest and tallest species of pine in the world, and the sixth largest species of tree in the United States. They look similar to eastern white pine, except that their cones reach 16"+ and weigh two pounds when green. If you want more details, check out Bob Van Pelt's Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast.
Jess On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM, George Fieo<[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott, > > I'm amazed at the number and size of trees you found on such a small estate. > Have you visited any of the du Pont estates. I used to train at the > Foxcatcher's facility at John E. du Pont's estate. I think there were some > descent trees towards the back of the property. Anyway, great finds! I > never heard of a sugar pine. Do they get much larger on the west coast? > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of pabigtrees > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:30 PM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Bryn Mawr Estate visit > > > ENTS > > The other day I was invited to visit the remnant of an old estate in > Bryn Mawr Pa. Bryn Mawr was originally settled by Welsh Quakers in > the 1680's. Although the trees don't date to that time, the wealthy > farmers did collect plants, as was the custom in the mid 1800's. This > site is whats left of a much larger estate. 18 acres of the remaining > estate are in conservancy with Natural Lands Trust. > > The first tree to catch your eye is a huge Willow Oak (Quercus > phellos) This tree measures > 18.9 x 108.3 x 75 for 353 points. This is the largest single stem > willow oak in Pa. > > http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/trees%20by%20county/montgomery/pictur > es/300%20cooperstown%20rd/300%20cooperstown%20rd%20willow%20oak%20full%2009% > 20small.jpg > > The second tree is the second place Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata) in > the state. It is > 15.6 x 95.9 x 108 27 points behind the champion down the street in > Bala Cynwyd. > > http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/trees%20by%20county/montgomery/pictur > es/300%20cooperstown%20rd/300%20cooperstown%20rd%20overcup%20oak%2009%20smal > l.jpg > > There is a white oak and a yellow oak in the vicinity of similar > size. The next tree we came to was a decent persimmon. Not a > champion, but worth noting. > 3.6 x 59.7 x 52 > > http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/trees%20by%20county/montgomery/pictur > es/300%20cooperstown%20rd/300%20cooperstown%20rd%20persimmon%2009%20small.jp > g > > The next specimen on this fine property is a Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus > flava) It weighed in at > 12.6 x 87.7 x 72 for third place in Pa. > > http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/trees%20by%20county/montgomery/pictur > es/300%20cooperstown%20rd/300%20cooperstown%20rd%20yellow%20buckeye%2009%20s > mall.jpg > > Finally a rare specimen from the west coast, and the only one of it's > kind growing in Pa, and maybe on the east coast?? Anyone know of a > Sugar Pine growing anywhere?? Pinus lambertiana. > 11.4 x 95.2 x 77 > > http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/trees%20by%20county/montgomery/pictur > es/300%20cooperstown%20rd/300%20cooperstown%20rd%20sugar%20pine%201%2009%20s > mall.jpg > > The site also had smaller specimens of Tilia cordata, Tilia > petiolaris, Tsuga carolina, Tsuga canadensis, Beech, Chinese chestnut, > kousa dogwood, white birch.... and two remnants of old nurseries. > > The estate was cut up in the 1920's, so I hope to meet the neighbors > and see what made the cut. > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
