Mike, Nice oak tree. From the photos it looks like this is the lone old/big tree in a mix of smaller and younger trees. Has the rest of the area around it been cut before, or am I mistaken? How tall would you say the tree might be? Are there any other big or ld trees in the area?
Ed "To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Kowalski To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:46 PM Subject: [ENTS] Big Old Red Oak ENTS, I came across this amazing Red Oak while exploring an area near Maquapit Lake, NB. CBH = 394 cm (155 inch). It seems to be forest-grown. I found the tree growing near the lake and within the flood plain. There is evidence of previous harvesting just a short distance away, so this tree and a few other large ones including a Yellow Birch and another Red Oak may have been spared years ago because they were so close to the water. I've included a few different shots to give you some perspective. The one taken from a distance really gives you an idea of how much larger this is from the other trees in the area. I have to say, this is the largest girth forest-grown Red Oak I've ever seen. It almost gives me goose-bumps just standing near by. It looks like it lost a branch years ago, but all the other branches seem to be quite full of leaves. There is also some evidence of decay down lower, and the bark seems to have separated from the main trunk in some places but is still very strong. Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
