Longest Limb Table
Name Species Limb Length (ft) - Horizontal offset Limb Length (ft) - Measured Limb Length (ft) - Modeled Supported Location Date Measured/ Reported Measured by Photo Link
Hind's black x Black walnut Juglans hindsii x nigra 94     no Western US December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
Valley Oak Quercus lobata 81     no Western US December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
Canyon Live Oak Quercus chrysolepis 78     no Western US December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
California Sycamore Platanus racemosa 77     no Western US December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
Hind's Black x Common Walnut Juglans hindsii x regia 72     no Western US December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
Eastern Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 92     no Gifford Pinchot Sycamore, CT December 4, 2008 Bob Van Pelt   1
Northern Pecan Carya illinoensis 78     no Reading, Berks County, PA 2006 Scott Wade, Megan Varnes, Tom S. DeLong x 2
White Oak Quercus alba 68     no Forest County, PA Sept. 6, 2005 Ed Frank & Carl Harting x 3
White Oak Quercus alba 75.6     ground Granby Oak, Granby, CT April 3, 2008 Dale Luthringer x 4
Eastern Sycamore Platanus ocidentalis 82.9     no Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury, CT April 3, 2008 Dale Luthringer x 4
Live Oak Quercus viginiana   82.6   ground Friendship Oak, Long Beach, MS December 26, 2008 Larry Tucei x 5
Live Oak Quercus viginiana   89   ground E. O. Hunt Oak, Long Beach, MS December 26, 2008 Larry Tucei x 5
White Oak Quercus alba   78   no Telico Oak, Telico Creek Valley, NC August 2004 Jess Riddle   6
                     
                     
                     
                     

 

  1.  http://www.nativetreesociety.org/measure/longest_limbs.htm
  2. http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/species/carya_hickory.htm
  3. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/cook_9_6_05/cook_forest_9_6_05.htm
  4. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/connecticut/pinchot_granby/pinchot_granby.htm
  5. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/connecticut/pinchot_granby/pinchot_granby.htm
  6. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/tellico_oak.htm