Incense Cedar, NC  09/19/07
  Will Blozan


Folks

Man! I almost had two new NC Champion Co-champion incense-cedars (Calocedrus decurrens) today. However, one is the tallest I have ever seen here in the east. I was driving to a hemlock job in Saluda, NC (Pearson’s Falls- yes, Ed and Jess, I got a Rucker there for a future post) and a totally emergent conifer caught my eye- then two. I vowed to get back after the job and measure them, and I did. Those upturned limbs are SO cool!

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137 inch cbh by 121.8' tall, Saluda, NC		 152_inch_X_107'_Incense-cedara.JPG (100896 bytes)
 152 inch cbh by 107' tall Incense cedar, Saluda, NC
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 WOW!

 Tree #1 137” cbh           121.8’ height     31’ spread= 267 Points

Tree #2 152” cbh           107’ height        27’ spread= 266 Points

 

The current champ is 283 points…

 Will Blozan

President, Eastern Native Tree Society
President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc.