Thank you. I couldn't resist taking that shot. I'm always seeing interesting shots I could be taking when I'm out taking pictures.
--- On Sat, 1/2/10, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENTS] Huge buttonwoods found today To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 9:56 PM Barry- Really neat photos--the last one especially, with the fruit, aggregate achenes, looking like Christmas ornaments. Steve On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: ENTS, Today I was off from the cranberry farm yet again. Since December 24 or so I've been dealing with having a bad cold (which is almost better now), and having water in the basement, which is where I live, plus not working for various reasons. But I'm taking advantage, and doing some exploration, walking and photography. Today I started at Weymouth and did an update video to the extreme high water video I did there last Sunday, the 27th. I then drove all the way up to Mt. Holly, which is an estimated 15 miles further north and west from the cranberry farm. I used a lot of gas getting there. My main reason for going to Mt. Holly was to photograph a whole mess of churches I had missed last time I was there, because they were on a street that I had not walked on. So anyway, I ended up walking past the Friends meeting house again, and noticed that the big buttonwoods I had seen last time were in full sun this time. So I got good pictures of them. This was when I realized how huge they were! So it ocurred to me, why not measure them! I hadn't measured a tree in a while. So I found my tape and measured them. The larger one, which is the one with the unusual shape, has a CBH of 16'5", and the smaller one 13'3". The larger one is the largest buttonwood I've ever measured, though not the largest I've ever seen. Friends (Quaker) cemeteries are great places to find large trees such as buttonwoods and white oaks. To refresh your memory, a buttonwood tree is an eastern sycamore, which I'm sure you can tell by seeing the pictures. This Friends meeting house was built in 1775 and the burial ground may be older than that. So the trees likely date from that era, at least I would think so. Barry -- 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] -- 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]
