Yea i was really impressed by the girth. The height was nothing to write home about but overall this is a really massive specimen. The tree has a huge root flare that at stump height is probably 16 feet and tapers to around 12 for about 60 feet to the first branch.
On Jan 13, 5:46 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Mike, > > That is an impressive oak. A few years ago we began tracking hardwoods in the > Northeast that reach girths of 12 feet and heights of 100. You've found us > another. > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shiplax" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:20:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] big and beautiful red oak. > > Today I had the privilege of climbing a massive red oak in the Marple Newtown > vicinity of SE PA today. The homeowner is a grower of champion orchids and > was concerned about several dead limbs from the tree overhanging her > greenhouse. The Measurements, Height- 106.3 feet Spread- 84x75 feet > circumference-13.3 feet > -- Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.orgSend email to > [email protected] Visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=enTo unsubscribe send email to > [email protected] Email > Options:http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/subscribe?hl=en
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