Tim,
Quite a hop hornbeam. Beats anything I've seen for girth. We should measure it for championship status. , I'm sure Charlie Burnham would like to get the numbers. Charlie is trying to bring the champion tree list up to date and record as many candidates as possible. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Zelazo" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:04:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Ironwood tree I took this photo on Friday while walking on the AT in North Adams MA . The ironwood tree was larger than any other ironwood I've seen and it was tall. Most of them I see are about the size of a 3" to 6" post, and they are easily distinguished from other trees by its bark, which has a "shreddy" appearance and is broken into small, shaggy plates which curve away from the truck. Hornbeam has smooth bark and a twisted, fluted trunk, dark bluish gray in color. I've heard many people call them bluebeech or muscle wood. American hornbeam is usually regarded as a "weed tree" because of its small size and poor form. Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
