Also, it is likely that the stump wasn't measured at breast height but within the buttress near the ground. I've seen a couple 12 foot diameter stumps (in northern Wisconsin from the turn of the century logging) where the remnants only rose a couple of feet off the ground.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Joslin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine > 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 Subject: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine 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] > -- 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]
