Doug,
Dr. Van Pelt has done some modeling of the giant oaks in CA. He sent me some photos and OMG, they are HUGE! Maybe he can post something about them soon, but I know he is very busy with redwood research. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. "No sympathy for apathy" -----Original Message----- From: doug bidlack [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENTS] Oak question Marc, I agree with you. California black oak is not larger than live oak. In fact, based upon the info I've dug up so far, California black oak is not even the largest oak out West. That honor belongs to valley oak (Q. lobata) or sometimes called California white oak. Some valley oaks are very large and they are sometimes considered to be the largest oaks in the US, but I'm not convinced. I think live oaks are probably larger in volume and certainly in mass. As always the real problem is that we don't have ENTS numbers for all of these super oaks so much of this is just guesswork until we get solid numbers. Doug --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Marcboston <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Marcboston <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Oak question > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:22 PM > I am having an argument with a friend > on the west coast. He claims > that California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) can get > larger than any > oak species on the east coast. Of course I disagree > and that the Live > oaks of the south (East Coast &Louisiana) are the > largest of North > America. I have a small friendly wager riding on > this, besides I > don't want the west coast to claim any more tree > superlatives. Look > forward to your replies! > > -- > 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] -- 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]
