Mark, American beech has been found over 130' in the southern Appalachians (even 140') as well as in the Cumberland Plateau. Even Congaree National Park, SC has some tall ones. I have never heard of sunscald being an issue. Maybe on a northern race brought south?
Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. "No sympathy for apathy" -----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:09 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Sand Run revisited Writing from Maine, where our beech have been devastated by multiple waves of beech bark disease, I have to say that I'd kill for a 130- foot beech in my backyard. I remember reading in some of the older literature (Peattie, for exampe) that beech grew best in the tributaries of the Ohio, and here you've got some damn fine data to prove the case. I wonder why this is the case. I know birch gets nasty sun scald down farther south (hell, I've even seen people having problems growing paper birch in Chicago, of all places), but you'd think the high Appalachians where everything grows best would be pretty free from that.Hm...maybe it's the richer, less acidic soils? I'll have to defer to those more expert than myself in this. -- 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] -- 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]
