ENTS- After reading the posts concerning tree heights in Michigan, is it safe to assume heights of trees were intentionally exaggerated(not just mis-measured) by certain individuals?
Steve On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]>wrote: > I received that and read it. That's partly why I said that it's all good > now. > Very interesting reading. Amazing that they had the heights so badly > screwed up. > > --- On *Wed, 10/28/09, Paul Jost <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Paul Jost <[email protected]> > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Marquette, Michigan white pines > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:56 AM > > > I sent a longer reply with more information on this yesterday. It's on > the google groups web site but apparently didn't get out to everyone for > some reason. > > PJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Barry > Caselli<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *To:* > [email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:29 PM > *Subject:* [ENTS] Re: Marquette, Michigan white pines > > Oh okay. Thanks. > > --- On *Tue, 10/27/09, Andrew Joslin > <[email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Andrew Joslin > <[email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Marquette, Michigan white pines > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 4:53 AM > > > The tallest of the two, the alleged former champ. > -AJ > > Barry Caselli wrote: > > This is the second message in a row in which the sender said "this > > tree", when there were actually two of them. Which one is dead? > > > > --- On *Thu, 10/22/09, Will Blozan > > /<[email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>/* > wrote: > > > > > > From: Will Blozan > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Marquette, Michigan white pines > > To: > > [email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 3:59 AM > > > > Andrew, > > > > This tree is dead- it fell a while ago. The height, as expected, > > was WAY off. More like 135-140. Lee is familiar with the grove I > > think. > > > > Will > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Andrew Joslin > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > *To:* > > [email protected]<http://us.mc544.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:32:06 PM > > *Subject:* [ENTS] Marquette, Michigan white pines > > > > > > Hello ENTS, > > Apologies if this has been covered in the past, a friend sent this > > record to me from Michigan. Was this or is this a valid measurement? > > Probably from the American Forests database, I looked through it and > > couldn't find much except a large diameter white pine in Maine. I > > gather > > that a measurement made (by whatever means) in 1984 may not mean much > > now, for instance are the trees still standing? > > -AJ > > > > COMMON NAME EASTERN WHITE PINE > > SCIENTIFIC NAME PINUS STROBUS > > LOCATION MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN (BOTH) > > NOMINATOR PAUL THOMPSON (BOTH) > > MOST RECENT MEASUREMENT 1984 (BOTH) > > > > CO-CHAMPIONS: > > > > CIRCUMFERENCE AT 4 1/2 FT. 186 IN. 202 IN. > > HEIGHT 201 FT. 181 FT. > > CROWN SPREAD 52 FT. 64 FT. > > > > TOTAL POINTS 400 399 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
