James, Yes, I posted on it about three years ago. It is definitely an American Chestnut. There are several known 1800's plantings of them in the western Great Lakes states outside their natural range and far from others so that they have escaped the blight for as long as possible. Visitors/researchers have spread the blight to the most impressive groves near the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. A few scattered American chestnuts survive in old plantings near the winter moderated climate adjacent to Lake Superior's shoreline in Wisconsin and Michigan. This one is the biggest.
Paul On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM, James Parton <[email protected]>wrote: > Larry, > > I presume this is an American Chestnut since Wisconsin is on the > fringe of the blights range. The leaf looks American as well as the > bark. The Chinese leaf is thicker and often has a somewhat fuzzy > underside. For any chestnut it's a big tree but an American that big > is really a find! For some reason, I think I have heard of this tree > before. Paul may have done a post on it before. I will have to check > the Chestnut page and see. > > James P. > > On Dec 10, 8:55 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 Live Hotmail is faster and more secure than ever. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.... > > > > Chestnut.JPG > > 412KViewDownload > > > > DSC03271.JPG > > 380KViewDownload > > > > DSC03272.JPG > > 402KViewDownload > > > > Chestnut 4.JPG > > 287KViewDownload > > > > DSC03277.JPG > > 311KViewDownload > > -- > 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]
