Agreed, my first reaction on reading it was, "No way!". I checked back with the person who sent me the excerpt and he verified that it's published in the bulletin as "12 feet in diameter". Likely it was flipped from CBH to DBH somewhere between the original field measurement in 1899 and the "reprint" in 1996. -AJ
[email protected] wrote: > Andrew, > > Yes, I'm aware of the report. The diameter is not realistic. The > height is plausible. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Joslin" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 9:57:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine > > 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] -- 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]
