Jess,
That is wild- I was talking to Jesse about the tree you and Mike modeled. I didn't know it was THE one! It definitely was the heavy branching that impressed me the most. The birch was not as impressive as the photo would indicate but it was not small! I was more impressed with the height. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. "No sympathy for apathy" _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jess Riddle Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENTS] Bearneck beauties Will, That black birch is very impressive. Is it a new potential state champ? The trunk looks to have a slow taper for a birch, so how does the volume compare to other's you have seen? The crown on that tuliptree has always stood out as exceptional to me. It exemplifies the tendency of tuliptrees to develop massive branches with age, and the branches seem unusually long. It must have one of the greatest branch volumes in the park. Here's the link to the volume modeling Mike and I did on the trunk http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/gsmnp/cosby/monocular_modeling_c osby.htm Did you see the big, declining red oak a little ways down the cove? I agree, that area is one of the best for seeing big cucumbertrees. Jess On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Will Blozan <[email protected]> wrote: ENTS, Today, on a final mop-up session on a conservation area in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I had the opportunity to measure a few trees I had previously seen or were located by park staff. The area, named Bearneck Cove, is near the Cosby Campground in TN. The first was an impressive black birch 10'4" cbh X 106.7 feet tall Next up was a cucumbertree found by Jesse Webster (NPS Hemlock saving guy); 14' X 120.5'. This beast was slow tapered and massive! This area has an impressive collection of cucumbertrees, some of which look very old. Later, we located a huge, gnarly tuliptree 20'6" in girth and ~140 feet tall. Nearby trees were a bit over 150'. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. "No sympathy for apathy" -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org <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] <mailto: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] -- 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]
