Gaines,
If you research the height of loblollies in the ENTS material, you'll find that we've found a few taller ones. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaines McMartin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 12:08:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: White pine growth rates--something of interest about growth possibilities Larry: Loblolly pines--wondeful trees. Actually they can grow faster than you think. On the best sires they can grow to 120 feet in 50 years (average is 90 feet). At 70 years they can be 132 feet tall. But growth declines rapidly and they are not especially long lived--not nearly as long lived as white pine. The tallest loblolly pine that I have heard about is 162 feet tall. I seriously doubt any loblolly pine could reach or has ever reached 200 feet. --Gaines On 1/8/10, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, Not to change to other pines, but down south, loblolly, slash, > spruce, shortleaf can reach 120' heights in 85 years. I think the some > of the tallest pines in the US may have been some loblolly, in the > deep south. We may never know, they all were cut down by the greedy > timber companies long ago! They could have very well reached 200'! > Larry > >
