That oak's crown looks healthy- so the hollow shouldn't cause the tree to die anytime soon. It's big hollows like that which are now rare in the forests. Just imagine North America before the white man- billions of large old trees and many with huge hollows. A wildlife paradise. Joe
On Jan 4, 12:35 am, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote: > George, > > Nice find. I see that it is hollow. How long do you think that it will live? > > Beth > > "Trees are the answer."--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association > > --- On Sun, 1/3/10, George Fieo <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: George Fieo <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] N Red Oak at John James Audubon Center > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 10:27 AM > > ENTS, > > On 12/27/09 my son and I revisited the John James Audubon Center at Mill > Grove which is located in Montgomery Co., Pa. I wanted to measure a large N > Red Oak that stands along Pawlings Rd. I’ve seen the tree many times and > never realized how big it is until I saw a woman standing next to it. The > tree lost most of it’s top more than forty years ago. It measures 17’11” x > 66’ x 61’. > > George > -- > 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]
