This is all good. I guess I would be curious which is the largest in mass. The point system that is used to measure many of the champion trees seems flawed. I believe the national champion Bald Cypress is in Louisiana be it large, interesting and very photogenic is not the largest (at least in my mind). So if Dr. Van Pelt has modeled some big ones in California and Will Blozan says they are huge, I will pay my bet. I hope that someone will post some pictures of these trees, who cant’ appreciate a fat ole Oak? I remember when I saw the movie Forest Gump and a friend of mine (a person who cares less about trees) remarked on how "awesome" the Southern Live Oaks looked!
On Dec 3, 5:14 am, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Marc, > > You may want to wait on paying that bet. Here is the response I got > from my friend Guy Sternberg, past President of the International Oak > Society, > > "Size is relative. > Diameter? > Height? > Spread? > Total mass? > All of these are guesses: Some giant old Q. virginiana probably has > the largest crown spread, and perhaps a Q. michauxii is the tallest. > Trunk diameter might go to an ancient Q. robur. I believe a clone of > Quercus havardii somewhere in western Texas might be the biggest > overall, and perhaps the oldest, covering many acres but less than 2 > meters tall." > > Beth -- 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]
