Gaines,
Will Blozan climbed the 167-footer I think and got some phenomenal footage of the climb. I remember him describing one incredible limb of the loblolly as something around 80 feet in length. Maybe I'm dreaming, but I seem to recall that.No white pine I know of will hold onto a limb of that length. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaines McMartin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 1:18:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: White pine growth rates--something of interest about growth possibilities Bob: I see--a little over 167. Impressive! --Gaines ----------------------------------------------- On 1/8/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >
