Will, The staff I was referring to is a couple of people who man the shop near the tree.
I might be able to make it down there sometime this summer to measure the tree. The spread would be a real challenge for me however. Larry would be more qualified to do this. I would love to meet Larry there sometime and us measure it together. It is a truly awesome tree. Concerning the American Chestnut in Alabama, I knew the southern end of the Appalachians were in that state. I didn't think American Chestnut made it that far south. You learn something every day. JP On Jan 15, 6:43 am, "Will" <[email protected]> wrote: > James, Larry > > Regards your comment about the Chestnut tree on the Talladega. The Talladega > Mountains of central Alabama are just an extension of the Appalachians, > perhaps more technically the ridge and valley province. I would not be > surprised to find chestnut there. It also occurs right across the GA line on > Pine Mountain in West Central GA near Columbus. While the American > Chestnut's range skirts the northern highlands of SC and GA, it continues > down the west side of GA taking in much of Alabama down almost to > Montgomery. It also includes much of NW Mississippi and an outlier along the > Pearl River down to the LA state line. > > As for measuring the Angel Oak, the last time I was there it was in a small > unstaffed park off a dirt road in a still rural area of Johns Island south > of Charleston. I don't recall any fences or anything that would preclude > measuring the tree. > > Here are some pictures of the tree from about seven or eight years ago. > Notice in the second photo the close up view of the branch on the left side > of the photo. I was leaning the camera against it. It snakes up and out of > the photo and then back in just showing the sinuous length of the branches > on this tree. > > angel oak12_6_03 004.jpg > 227KViewDownload > > angel oak12_6_03 005.jpg > 295KViewDownload > > angel oak12_6_03 006.jpg > 303KViewDownload > > angel oak12_6_03 008.jpg > 316KViewDownload > > angel oak12_6_03 018.jpg > 339KViewDownload
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