Steve,
We're truly honored. And, you bet, we're going to visit our trees. That's a promise. Besides, Ohio has lots of way cool to super cool to wicked cool spots. The rich areas of the Mid-west should have lots of hidden, undocumented big tree pockets to explore. They may not be individually large, but I bet there are lots of them. It is interesting that you chose the tuliptree for me. That is my other favorite eastern species. I have always been an unabashed tuliptree fan. It is the great tree of the southern Appalachian coves where I grew up. Monica will be very pleased also. She loves the American beech (as do we all) and her beech exceeds any we've measured for height farther to the East. What is especially nice about the tuliptree is that it joins the ranks of the 12 x 160s as our only member that is not a white pine growing at 41 degrees north latitude or higher. Lee has a white pine in that club in Wisconsin on the Menominee Reservation. PA has two white pines that are members of the club (Seneca Pine and Cook Pine). Formerly PA had 3. Massachusetts has one (Tecumseh at 12.0 x 164.4). I expect there are a few more in the 12 x 160 club within the northeastern and mid-western regions at 41 degrees latitude and higher. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Galehouse" <[email protected]> To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:45:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Introducing the Bob Leverett Tuliptree and Monica Leverett Beech ENTS- Seeing the discussion regarding naming trees, and that Bob has refrained from naming a tree for himself, I thought it fitting to name a tree in his honor, and another in Monica's honor---not white pines mind you, since they are few and far between where I live, but these are still very nice trees. Bob's Tuliptree, 162.6' tall and 14' 8.5'' in girth at more than 41 degrees N, is the epitome of a southern gentleman that feels at home in the North; Monica's Beech, at 132' tall and 5' in girth, is a slender northern beauty within view of Bob's Tuliptree---a nice couple. Bob and Monica--you know this means that someday you'll have to visit your namesakes in Ohio, at Sand Run ;). Steve -- 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]
