Bob, I can't think of a greater honor than having a tree named after you, unless it is a whole grove or forest. Cool!
James P. On Dec 10, 10:32 am, [email protected] wrote: > 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 Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
