| Pignut |
Michael
Davie |
| Oct
06, 2003 19:49 PDT |
Today
I was working near Swannanoa, just outside of Asheville, on top
of a small ridge near the Swannanoa River. The ridge is covered
with big, beautiful hickories, mostly mockernut and pignut, like
alot of ridges around there. Coming in on a driveway this
morning, I noticed one hickory down in a steep little cove below
the drive that looked really tall. At the end of the day, I
stopped and measured it, from two places along the drive, then
walked around the other side of the cove for two more. This
wasn't easy, the understory was thick multiflora rose,
bittersweet, poison ivy, greenbriar, blackberry and wineberry.
The best shot I finally could get was standing in the middle of
a big patch of rose. Here's what I got:
159.67
160.01
161.56
So, I was pretty freaked out. The last height was probably the
best shot of top and bottom. I didn't want to wade through more
rose to get a girth, but I think it's about 10 feet. I'm going
to check my laser tomorrow to make sure it's not freaking out or
something, but I feel pretty good otherwise about these numbers.
I'll post soon about an excursion up Kalanu Prong and Wooly Tops
this last weekend.
Mike |
| Re:
Pignut |
dbhg-@comcast.net |
| Oct
07, 2003 04:09 PDT |
Mike:
Splendid! Looks like you are going to be the
proud owner of the ENTS height record for pignut hickory for the
eastern United States. The southern Appalachians continue their
domination as the tree roof of eastern America. Looks like we
need to update our list. Good show!
Bob |
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