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Hello fellow ENTS,
I've been on a search to update the champion tree
list for Atlanta, GA and was curious if any members
would be able to help me out with a few things:
1. Are any of you familiar with metro-Atlanta and
would you be able to suggest some areas to search
for big trees? (I've seen Jess Riddle's report of
big trees in Piedmont Park from 2005, but that's all
I've been able to find)
2. I have a particular interest in urban Tulip
Poplars and have created a master list containing
the 20 largest (CBH/DBH) trees I've yet found in the
city. This list goes from 13.0' CBH to a whopping
15.42' CBH. Are these exceptional for a large urban
area or do other big cities in the Piedmont region
have such large Tulips?
Here's a quick look at my ATL Liriodendron search
list:
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CBH (ft)
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15.42 |
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15.35 |
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15.25 |
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15.25 |
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15.10 |
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14.75 |
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14.50 |
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14.10 |
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14.10 |
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14.00 |
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13.75 |
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13.65 |
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13.57 |
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13.50 |
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13.50 |
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13.20 |
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13.13 |
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13.10 |
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13.10 |
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13.00 |
I hope to get a laser sometime after leaf drop so I
can begin including height measurements as well.
There are at least a few spots I know of with trees
in excess of 130' and possibly 140' within the city
limits.
~Eli Dickerson
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
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