Will, Thanks for that link.
I see where there was more than one big willow oak on the grounds, thought so. Sad that one must be gone. It sure was impressive. Gary Smith On Sep 28, 8:54 am, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary, > > Have you seen this post? > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/washington_dc/capitol/dc_... > .htm > > I believe this tree is dead now. It was close to 7 feet dbh. > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Gary Smith > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:41 AM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Huge willow oak found Friday > > Has anyone seen that tremendous willow oak on the U.S. capitol > > grounds? It has been over 20 years since I saw it, but assume it is > > still there. That tree is probably a good 6+ feet in dbh. There are > > several big ones there, as I recall. > > Willow oaks are great trees. They sometimes get lumped in with water > > oaks, but they are much more attractive, imo. Longer-lived, too. > > Gary Smith > > On Sep 27, 9:56 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Barry, > > > Very nice oak tree. That species is not present in this area. > > > Ed > > > "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey > every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving > nature...I couldn't live with myself" - Professor Hubert Farnsworth > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Barry Caselli > > > To: ENTS > > > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:25 PM > > > Subject: [ENTS] Huge willow oak found Friday > > > ENTS, > > > I was on a short hike through the Willow Oak Natural area, that's > just barely within the city limits of Vineland, in Cumberland, County, NJ. > > > Here's a 1.5 minute video of my > discovery:http://tinyurl.com/yablbuc > > > Please read the description along with watching the video. It > gives you a map or aerial photo. > > > What a tree! > > > Barry- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > image001.jpg > 60KViewDownload > > image002.jpg > 57KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
