Bob, I love those huge Tuliptrees! I usually have to go into the Smokies to find them that big.
James P. On Jan 1, 9:12 pm, [email protected] wrote: > ENTS, > > I just finished downloading images from Montpelier. I didn't take many > photos, but did manage to capture a little of the place. Descriptions of 6 > images follow. I'll later send another email with a few more images. > > DESCRIPTIONS > > Montpelier.jpg: This is the front of the James Madison home. Montpelier is > where our Constitution was drafted. The Madison property covers 2,650 acres. > The Landmark forest covers about 200. > > MontpelierLawn.jpg: This image looks west toward the Blue Ridge from the > front of Montpelier. The field you see in the foreground was once a tobacco > field. The Skyline Drive runs along the crest of the Blue Ridge on the > horizon. > > MonicaAndTulip.jpg: This is an image of one of many large tuliptrees you see > in the Landmark Forest, as it is called. It was freaking cold throughout the > period and I didn't document the trees nearly as well as I otherwise would > have. Oh well, I guess Monica and I will have to return. > > Tulipartistry.jpg: This image looks into the crowns of 150+ foot tuliptrees. > There are many tuliptrees with girths between 12 and 15 feet. The largest I > measured was an open-grown specimen that measured 17.4 feet around. It was > about 120 feet tall. > > IntoTheCrowns.jpg: This is perhaps a better shot into the crowns of these > very tall, picturesque trees. At Montpelier, the lordly Tuliptree reins > unchallenged. ENTS needs to document the groves much better. I hope to start > the process more formally when I contact the chief horticulturist. > > JamesMadisonTree-1.jpg: The James Madison tree is the one in the center. > After a fierce struggle, we subdued this great tree and confirmed its height > at 166.1 feet. It is a most respectable 13.8-foot around. I am not sure I > found the top of the tree. I am reasonably sure that the 166.1 spot is within > +/- 0.5 feet. Three measurements produced 166.1, 166.1, and 166.5. There are > three 160-footers fairly close together, of which the Madison tree is the > tallest. The other two are each around 161 feet tall. One is 14.8 feet around > and the other 14.0 feet. Over the entire property, I suspect that there are > seven or possibly even eight 160-footers and probably twenty to twenty-four > 150-footers. > > Bob > > Montpelier.jpg > 396KViewDownload > > MontpelierLawn.jpg > 268KViewDownload > > MonicaAndTulip.jpg > 619KViewDownload > > Tuliprtistry.jpg > 714KViewDownload > > IntoTheCrowns.jpg > 702KViewDownload > > JamesMadisonTree-1.jpg > 854KViewDownload -- 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]
