Larry, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. There was a bigger one near LaCrosse, but it died of blight a few years ago. That one is supposedly the largest diameter chestnut still living in Wisconsin. I see that the squirrels still love to gnaw on the bark all over that tree. I know that the rodents must continuously gnaw to prevent their teeth from growing too long, but the chestnut bark must taste particularly good to them. You are fortunate to have found some burrs. There were none around when I was there. They must have all been raked up at that time.
Paul On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM, lawrence tucei jr <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, Thanks to Paul Jost for giving me directions to one of the largest > Chestnut trees in Wisconsin and in the U.S. The tree had been trimmed by an > arborist recently and may be declining with a hollowing core. Still a > magnificient speciman and the first Chestnut I'd ever seen. My friend Joe > and I drove about 90 miles to enjoy and measure this beauty. It was cold in > the 30's that day for the high. We stayed with the tree for about an hour > and it was a thrill for me to finally see a Chestnut. Paul had reported on > this tree in the past and again my thanks to him for sharing this with > me. Measurements, CBH-12' 7", Height-48' and Spread-52' x 30'. Located on > the corner of Manypenny and 7th Ave., Bayfield Wi. Some photos of the > tree. We also measured a couple of large Cottonwoods a mile down the road > I'll post on them in Part 2. And in part 3 I'll post some photos and report > on some old White pine stumps and trunks in Doulas Co., that when growing, > were at least 200 years old! Larry > > Lawrence Tucei Jr. > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows LiveT Hotmail is faster and more secure than ever. Learn > more.<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_1:092009> > > -- > 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]<entstrees%[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]
