Larry: Sorry - no pictures but I am on to a bigger Northern Red Oak and promise to have pictures. Will: I did not even consider Shumard Oak since this Scarlet Oak was on a dry south facing site. But I have spent 1/2 day wandering in a bottomland tract looking for the elusive WV Shumard but so far no can find. Turner
On Dec 28 2009, 10:39 am, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Turner, > > Holy huge! I'm sure you checked it against a Shumard possibility. > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > "No sympathy for apathy" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of turner > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 12:10 AM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Big Scarlet Oak > > ENTS: Recently I had a chance to measure the biggest Scarlet Oak (Q. > coccinea) I ever put a D-tape around. Here are the stats: CBH of 211 > inches, Ht. at 110 feet, Crown Spread at 84 feet. The tree is located > in Jackson County, WV about 10 miles north of Ravenswood, WV on a > small drain flowing into Skull Run which flows directly into the Ohio > River about 1/2 mile away. Tree is on the edge of a erosional ravine > at 700 elevation with a southern exposure. Tree is on private property > and is part of a small beef cattle operation and it looks like cattle > have at least occasional access to the timbered areas. This tree has > been in the WV Big Tree Database since 1977. At that time it was > listed at 193 inches CBH, 125 feet of Height, and 75 feet of Crown > Spread. The tree appears to be in decline with some rot at its base > and has recently lost some height and about to lose some crown spread. > Turner Sharp > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group athttp://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]
