ENTS,
How timely the discussion on red cedar heights! I measured one
yesterday in
Candler, NC that was 7'1" X 85.4' tall. This is the tallest
specimen I have
ever seen, and truthfully, the only red cedar I have ever
measured. They are
native but extremely rare here in Western NC. This tree was in a
front yard
of a very old house. Could this be an ENTS height record?
Will B
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From: Jess Riddle
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Delaware Water Gap (cedar)
Eastern red cedar may be a shorter lived but longer lived
species in the
southeast. They grow well around the edges of piedmont
floodplains in SC
where I've measured them up to 4'9" x 80.7'. Rocky,
limestone slopes at the
edge of the Cumberland Plateau in the northwest corner of
Georgia also
produce good habitat for the species. On those sites, they still
associate
with some typically floodplain species, such as green ash and
shumard oak,
and reach at least 6'0" x 84.3'.
Jess
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