Thanks so much Will. I assumed something along those lines happened. I knew if a state forester visited they would instantly know it wasn't a Black Oak. I'll work on correcting it on the Trees Atlanta city champion tree list now...
Eli --- On Wed, 12/30/09, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Will Fell <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Georgia/ATL champion oak ID confirmation? To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 1:06 PM Thanks Eli, the tree was on the list while I was state coordinator, so I bear much of the blame for not checking it out, I tried to avoid going up to Atlanta like the plague. There is no doubt it is a Cherrybark and I have forwarded your info to the new state coordinator to correct on the online list. Fortunately he only lives about 50 miles from Atlanta and will pay much better attention to the North Georgia trees. On Dec 29, 9:22 am, Eli Dickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ENTS, > Some of you know of the amazingly huge and beautiful Oak at Our Lady of > Perpetual Hope beside Turner Field in Atlanta. I finally visited the tree > this week to get some updated measurements and confirm that it is indeed a > Cherrybark Oak and NOT a Black Oak as it is listed on both our city champion > tree list and the state champion tree database > (http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/ChampionTrees/View.cfm?ID=1418). Jess Riddle > mentioned to me that he could tell it was a cherrybark as well, but just for > final confirmation I would love for ENTS to view the attached photo's of the > leaves, bark, and whole tree so that I can have your input as well. > > The Georgia Forestry Commission lists the measurements in 1994 as follows: > CBH: 249" > Height: 124' > Spread: 124' > > My updated 2009 measurements were: > CBH: 276" > Height: 100' (ENTS SIN method) > Spread: 138' > > In 15 years the tree gained 27" in circumference- that's 6.61' DBH to 7.32'! > > I appreciate any help you folks can provide, > Eli Dickerson > > QuPa1.JPG > 277KViewDownload > > QuPa > 245KViewDownload > > QuPa > 419KViewDownload > > QuPa > 138KViewDownload > > QuPa2.JPG > 354KViewDownload -- 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]
