Big ole red oak:  Media, PA    wad-@comcast.net
   Aug 26, 2005 06:13 PDT 
Ents, Dale

Found and measured a big ole red oak yesterday. In the town of Media Pa. This survivor was in the back yard of a home built in 1872. The tree is supposed to be a marker tree for when the town of Media was laid out. It was just over 81 ft tall and had a cbh of 21.1'. The tree is in dangerous shape, as it is hollow enough for a man of my stature to stoop down and walk inside the tree. You can see straight through the base of the tree. I estimate that the first branch is over thirty feet from the ground, so this is a forest remnant. It has been "pruned" or it would be much taller and wider. The remaining cuts were over 12" in diameter. In 1965 the cbh was 16.1 and in 1982 it was 17.3, so it appears to be growing. It estimated that this tree is 300-320 years old.   If it doesn't fall over, I will visit it again next year to check on it's size.

Scott
RE: big ole red oak    Dale J. Luthringer
   Aug 26, 2005 08:41 PDT 
YOWWW!

Nice red oak, Scott! Do you have a pic? Cook's large red oak stood at
339.7 AF points back at 4/19/02 (measured by none other than the
illustrious two-Bob Leverett & Will Blozan). Looks like I need to get
out and re-measure it. Clear Creek State Park listed their double red
oak at 351.9 AF points (18.9ft CBH x 86.5ft crown x 103.5ft high).
We've got another dandy measured in Ridgway to 335.5 AF points. Here's
the quick run-down:

Tree                  CBH (ft)             crown (ft)           Height
(ft)          AF Points

Media               21.1                       ?                 81.1
334.2+
Cook Forest      16.7                  75.5                  120.4
339.7
Ridgway            16.9                  81.8                  112.2
335.5
Clear Creek       18.9 (2x)           86.5                  103.5
351.9


What did you get for a crown measurement on that Media N. red oak?

Dale
RE: big ole red oak    wad-@comcast.net
   Aug 26, 2005 10:23 PDT 
Dale

spread was 56x40

I came up with 346 points?

21.1'=253 inches cbh @ 4.5
+81 tall
+12 spread

I don't know how much longer it will stay up. but it deserves recognition. I will send you a pic or three!

I really wish I could have seen it before it was hacked, I mean pruned. : ( It would have blown the other reds out of the water with additional height and spread points.


Scott
RE: big ole red oak    Dale J. Luthringer
   Aug 26, 2005 21:05 PDT 
Wow,

For such a large tree, it sure has a small spread. hacked you say, hmmm.
That still is quite a respectable girth. I find it amazing to be able
to walk inside some of these huge monsters. Will has even rappelled
down inside some of them. I'm sure there's a link on the ENTS site
somewhere to his recalling of the event.

Dale
couple of trees on my street! Dale, new height rec.?   wad-@comcast.net
  Apr 17, 2006 18:30 PDT 
ENTS, Dale

A couple of new (to me) trees on my street.

Giant Sequoia 68.4 x 8.5 third largest in Pa
Sourwood        54.5 x 4.4   possible new Pa height record?

Scott