Russ: For tall Yellow-poplars it would be wise to look at some old- field bottomland sites along the Elk River below Webster Springs down to the backwaters of the Sutton Dam. Good moisture conditions, low elevation, deep alluvial soil in some locations and historically produced some monster poplars. I had a stand picked out last year to measure but it is now gone to a mill. Probably a good place to look is on the Corps of Engineers holdings upstream of the lake. Another good place to look is in the Guyandotte River drainage. A 200 foot YP- probably not, but the thought is enticing to go out and measure,measure. TS
On Nov 22, 10:52 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Turner: > > That is excellent news. Dan Kincaid has been a breath of fresh air at the > Division of Forestry and seems to be juggling all the balls that his job > entails very well. I will try to find out who some of the foresters are > that have been given access to the rangefinders and suggest that they give > the > ENTS tree measuring methods a try. I think that there are several serious > height record contenders here and getting realistic height measurements > from different parts of the state could be extremely interesting. > > I know that the Widen poplar is the tallest yellow poplar documented in WV > but after having visited the tree and seen its appearance relative to > other, much younger trees I have encountered while working in various parts > of > the state I am pretty certain that somewhere in West Virginia there lurks a > 120 year old yellow poplar tree approaching 200 feet in height. > > I don't know what such trees could look like at 200 years! > > What would be your vote for the location of the tallest yellow poplar? > > Russ > > -- 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]
