Great shots, I wish you had a person in the last shot just to give some perspective.
On Dec 11, 12:35 am, doug bidlack <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > here are two more beautiful white oaks. One in Arkansas and one in Ohio. > > Image #1 Plaque in front of the Council Oak in Dardanelle, Arkansas. This > is the AF champion white oak for the state. They state that it is 279" > (23.25') in girth, 97' in height and 80' in spread for 396 points. > > Images #2-3 A couple pictures of this big tree in it's own little park. > > Image #4 This is a picture of the most impressive white oak that I've ever > seen. It is the Ohio AF champion in Canfield. Some years ago Will Blozan > mentioned that white oaks can reach 180" in girth in 90 years in western > North Carolina. I thought this seemed unbelievable at the time but since it > was coming from Will I figured it must be right. Compare this to pin oaks in > Connecticut growing an average of 1.54" in their first 35 years with the > largest making 2.66" per year. This makes it sound plausable, but then check > out what happens after 100 years...they only average 1.18" per year and the > biggest only manages 1.74" per year. And this is for pin oak which I knew > was supposed to be a fast growing oak while white oak is supposed to be a > slow growing oak. BTW, this info comes from the Connecticut big tree site. > Now fast forward to me visiting this incredible tree in Ohio. I meet the > wonderful owners and Raymond Anderson shows me his scrap book > on all the info he has been keeping on this tree. He showed me the > measurements from 1988 when it was 252" in girth and then he showed me the > measurements from 2006 when it was 288". Thirty-six inches of girth growth > in 18 years or 2" per year. Are you kidding me? This was exactly what Will > was saying this species could do down in western North Carolina. Amazing! > > All the 2006 measurements: 288" (24.0') girth, 90' tall, 128' crown spread, > 410 points. > > Image #5 Closeup of this massive tree and Raymond Anderson, the proud owner. > Did I mention that he is well into his eighties but has the energy and > curiosity of a young boy? > > Images #6-7 A couple more shots of this tree. > > I am going to drive from Massachusetts to Michigan a week from today with > Ellen. I am planning on stopping by to measure this beautiful tree at that > time. If any of the Ohio ENTS or other ENTS in the region would be > interested please let me know. I've already contacted the Anderson's and > they are delighted that we're coming by to measure their tree and they would > be happy to see others as well. > > Doug > > W14.jpg > 398KViewDownload > > W15.jpg > 507KViewDownload > > W16.jpg > 530KViewDownload > > W1.jpg > 503KViewDownload > > W2.jpg > 456KViewDownload > > W3.jpg > 534KViewDownload > > W4.jpg > 550KViewDownload -- 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]
