that is in the neighbors yard is just too tall! I saw some 50 yr.
olds in the parks in Pittsburgh that were about 50', this is more in
the 86' range if my calcs are correct---yes if I could attach pics you
could see the relations to the three story house in the background. I
just love sitting on my deck looking at this tree.It is like--I sit 30
feet up slope of this and I still am not looking halfway up the tree.
So I decided to take a measurement one day--WOW did I get a goofy
measure or ? did it again, and came up with the same numbers.
When we moved here, all my neighbors had no clue what this tree was.
Me being me--said yup thats a Taxodium-- well whats that? ---- It's
a biggun--likes a damp area--like the depression that it is living in,
plenty of water, and it will grow like a weed.When you discover trees
like this in an urban setting, and know that they have been around
since the turn of the century you respect that. I do prefer
Metasequoia for texture, and the "Black Forest" look of the trunk when
it is of age, but these two trees are just sort of majestic. They
stand way above the Norway spruce, and the older blue spruce stands in
neighbors properties. Anyways, I guess I will just have to go down,
and give the bigger one a hug--an have wifey take a pic of that for
reference.
Time to go play in the snow
Jeffrey
