Atlantic White Cedar is everywhere, but finding ancient ones is difficult. A friend of mine was supposed to take me out sometime last summer and show me some really big Pitch Pines and Atlantic White Cedars, but he got too busy and never did that. I think the largest White Cedar I've seen is around 6'11", just like the Pitch Pine in my recent video, I THINK, anyway. That is in Egg Harbor City. I saw it on a hike, and can easily find it again. They say in the early 18th century all the cedar swamps were filled with ancient cedars. I'd love to have seen that. According to the 1998 Big Tree booklet, the state Champion at that time was 9'1". It's up in Bass River State Forest. The last time I was up there no one knew the exact location of that tree, even though they had heard of it. But my friend says he knows of some that are larger. If any old growth White Cedar exists, I'd like to see it!
--- On Sun, 1/10/10, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: From: Larry <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Beautiful stunted Pitch Pines To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 6:53 AM Barry, Not to change the topic but where up in the Barrens are those acient Atlantic White Cedar groves? I thought I read that there is some old growth cedar up your way. Do you ever see any loners? Years past the Atlantic seaboard was covered with it. Larry
