Bob, Correction - Plum Run is due WEST of Devil's Den, actually the top end of it starts in Devil's Den...
Dale On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Dale Luthringer < [email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > > If you get to Gettysburg, go downstream on the Plum Run "valley" (very > shallow drainage) on the north side of the run. Plum Run is north of Big > Round Top, and due east of the Devil's Den. This is where the tall > "pignuts" were reported, in the upper 130ft class. There will be a > small road bridge (South Confederate Avenue) over the run with a trail that > runs on the north side of the run. Park on the north side of the small > bridge and head up the trail. You'll walk right into them within ~200 > yards. > > Also, you should hit the cemetery near the "High Water Mark" if you time. > There's a fat tulip in there ~18ft CBH, and the current state champ bald > cypress. > > There's also old growth in the vacinity of where Pickett's Charge started > off on Seminary Ridge, but I didn't have time to explore that site yet. > It's a big area, and if I hadn' t spent 4 days there for training, I still > wouldn't have much of a clue of the lay of the land: > > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna/gettysburg/gettysburg_nmp_pa.htm > > Who knows what else is hiding in there. Many drainages are still > unexplored. Freeloading tics are heavy here, but shouldn't be bad this time > of year. > > Dale > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM, George Fieo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bob, >> >> >> >> I think that Dale has reported on Gettysburg. If you meant Valley Forge >> NP, then there is a portion of the park that I have not covered. It is on >> the west side of Valley Creek Rd. (Rt. 252) and between Valley Forge Rd. >> (Rt. 23) and Yellow Springs Rd. Several small ravines empty into Valley >> Creek. I know there is a 14-16’ cbh tulip and a 8-9’ chestnut oak in the >> northern portion of this area that are worth measuring. There is a white >> covered bridge at the intersection of Valley Creek Rd. and Yellow Springs >> Rd. Cross the bridge and head west on Yellow Springs Rd. and there is a >> small parking area on your right. There is a trail that starts at the >> covered bride that follows Valley Creek and I believe it loops back along >> the top of the ridge back to the parking area. Across the street from the >> parking area you can see Maxwell’s Head Quarters. Our champion black walnut >> is visible from the road and the Maxwell sycamore is on the south side of >> the headquarters. The Lafayette sycamore is a short walk from there also. >> >> >> >> George >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *[email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:20 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [ENTS] Re: Fw: oldest counted white oaks - a synthesis >> >> >> >> Scott, >> >> >> >> Monica and I are headed to Virginia on Christmas Day to visit >> friends, We were going to stop at Long Wood Gardens on the way down, but >> checking via the Internet, we see that there is very limited access during >> the Christmas to New Years period. >> >> >> >> Any places on the way down that I could check out for big >> trees. I'm thinking of Gettysburg. Haven't been there in years. George has >> covered that property very well. So there may not be anything left to cover. >> George? >> >> >> >> While in VA, we're going to visit Montpelier, Madison's >> estate, as well as Monticello. I'll also be conducting a tree measuring >> workshop. >> >> >> >> Bob >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "pabigtrees" <[email protected]> >> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:07:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fw: oldest counted white oaks - a synthesis >> >> Ed >> >> PSU cored and counted a living white oak that is part of the campus in >> a wooded lot that was 333 years old. My best is a cut tree in Yeadon >> Pa that was 247 years old. This area has several white oaks of the >> same size and some larger that might be older. These are forest trees >> in habit. >> >> Who else has an old white oak from the US? >> >> Scott >> >> >> -- >> 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]<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]<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]
