Dale,
Thanks. I look forward to Gettysburg. I'll have my trusty iPhone and will report from the location. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Luthringer" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:03:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: Fw: oldest counted white oaks - a synthesis 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? 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