Marc, In terms of wood volume, the largest oak and also the largest tree of Europe is probably the biggest of the Oaks of Ivenack, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Germany. It is Q. robur. There is an English summary in the homepages of the Oaks:
http://www.wald-mv.de/style-a1/95-english-13-98-1-67-68-78-453-477.html The official information says the wood volume is about 180 cubic metres (=6400 cubic feet). Jeroen Philippona writes in his web site he and Jeroen Pater have calculated the wood volume to be 120 to 140 m3 (4237 to 5000 cubic feet): http://82.94.219.20/~jpa/english8.htm I have written down to my files the biggest Quercus virginiana is 144 cubic metres. I think I got it from an e-mail posted to this forum by Will Blozan. Thus, if Jeroen is right, the largest Q. virginiana will be a little bit larger than the largest oak in Europe. If the official information about the Oaks of Ivenack is closer to the truth, the biggest in Europe will be the winner. Jeroen writes also that in the American Big Tree-system the biggest oaks of Europe would have more points than any oak in the USA. - Kouta On 1 joulu, 16:29, Marcboston <[email protected]> wrote: > No Don, any and all oak species but restricted to North America. > While I am at it though does Europe have larger oaks than the us? -- 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]
