| Tallest
Hardwood |
Robert
Van Pelt |
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May
20, 2005 08:01 PDT |
Greetings,
I recently was on a tour of Washington State lands with an
old-growth commission and measured two more Populus balsamifera
trichocarpa at over 54 m! That now makes five, with the tallest
being 54.5 m.
Is this the tallest native hardwood tree in North America? I
think it might be.
Unfortunately, and unlike you on the East Coast, our next
tallest hardwood is only 45.4 m. I think I might be able to find
4 or 5 species over 45 m, but I have not yet.
But then again, we have conifers... Oh yes, we have conifers.
Cheers,
- BVP |
| RE:
New finds |
Rory
Nichols |
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May
20, 2005 12:00 PDT |
BVP:
Roughly where are these trees located in WA? Usually, the
tallest I see are
pushing 150 here in the Willamette Valley. Not sure if I have
seen any
160'+. I love the ones that get about 6' thick and clearly a
single stem. Is
the next tallest native hardwood red alder?
Rory Nichols
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| RE:
New finds |
Will
Blozan |
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May
20, 2005 14:41 PDT |
DUDE!
Our tallest Liriodendron is 54.33m, so yes, a new champion! But
just wait
for the end of this growing season!
What is the common name of the species?
Will
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| RE:
New finds |
Rory
Nichols |
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May
20, 2005 16:03 PDT |
black cottonwood.... you'll still see it as P. trichocarpa (e.g.
National
Register of Big Trees) but i think P. balsamifera trichocarpa is
becoming
more accepted.
Rory Nichols
"The things you own end up owning you." -Tyler
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| RE:
New finds |
Robert
Van Pelt |
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May
21, 2005 09:34 PDT |
Rory,
Currently we have:
Quercus lobata 45.5
Acer macrophyllum 44.9
Alnus rubra 43.6
Lithocarpus densiflorus 42.0
Umbellularia californica 40.2
I suspect with some diligent searching, we could place all of
these above 45 m.
Cheers,
- BVP |
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