Wow, how old is your friend?!?! Gary
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend sent me this reference to a 200 foot pine measured in 1899: > > Page 203 of /Forest Trees of the Northeast /(Cornell Cooperative > Extension Information Bulletin 235 pub. 1996 ISBN1-57753-012-8): > "Maximum longevity is considered to be about 350 years, though > individuals aged 450 and older have been found. A tree cut near > Lyncoming, Pennsylvania, in 1899 of unknown age was 12 feet in > diameter > and 200 feet tall." > > The diameter measurement is very impressive! The height is plausible. > -Andrew > > -- > 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]
