20 feet! Wow! I can't imagine. --- On Mon, 7/6/09, doug bidlack <[email protected]> wrote:
From: doug bidlack <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dwarf Chestnut Oak and Scrub Oak To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 7:49 PM Barry, both of these species occur in the pine barrens of southeastern MA not far from where I live. Just like in southern NJ, scrub oak, or bear oak as I like to call it, is much more common than dwarf chestnut oak in this area. The Arnold Arboretum has a really nice dwarf chestnut oak that is over a hundred years old and if I remember correctly it is well over 20' tall. Doug --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Barry Caselli <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Dwarf Chestnut Oak and Scrub Oak > To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 7:19 PM > ENTS, > Does anyone have either Dwarf Chestnut Oak (Quercus > prinoides) or Scrub Oak (Quercus ilicifolia) near you? > Since these are both shrubs, I'm curious as to how > big they can get. (I'm also curious as to how old they > can get.) > Scrub Oak is extremely common through most of the Pine > Barrens, and I've seen 10 foot tall examples I'm > sure. Our Pine Barrens field guide says the height range is > 3 to 12 feet. > > It also says the height range of Dwarf Chestnut Oak is > 2 to 10 feet. This shrub seems to be rare in the Pine > Barrens, though it's not listed as a species of special > concern. I've only seen two of them near here. I just > discovered the second one in Egg Harbor City yesterday. > Otherwise I saw a good population of them one time in > Cumberland County. The two I have seen nearby are about > knee-high. > Barry > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
