Here's Will Blozan and Robert Van Pelt making measurements in the upper
crown of the national champ loblolly in Congaree National Park, SC:
*http://tinyurl.com/ykuzbmw
I have 168.7 for the tape drop but I could be wrong.
-AJ
*
Gaines McMartin wrote:
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
