Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
I felled one about 12 years ago that was over 4 ft dia.
Tulip Poplar
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Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Peter
Treehouser
Are we talking Lirodendron tulipifera here? Just to avoid any cross channel confusion.
If so I have never even seen on bigger than about 40' tall, not very common in the UK.
If so I have never even seen on bigger than about 40' tall, not very common in the UK.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Yeah same stuff .
Interesting trivia about this tree .Supposidely when the early settlements were made in this country depending on where the tulip or yellow polar abounded .Daniel Boone supposidley hollowed out a yellow poplar into a digout canoe about 60 feet long .On that he certainly must have a had a gaggle of paddlers to move that monstrosity .
George Washington was supposed to have planted a bunch of tulip at his estate ,Mt Vernon .These are reported to be rather large at this time .
Interesting trivia about this tree .Supposidely when the early settlements were made in this country depending on where the tulip or yellow polar abounded .Daniel Boone supposidley hollowed out a yellow poplar into a digout canoe about 60 feet long .On that he certainly must have a had a gaggle of paddlers to move that monstrosity .
George Washington was supposed to have planted a bunch of tulip at his estate ,Mt Vernon .These are reported to be rather large at this time .
Peter
Treehouser
Quite a lot of holm oaks died in edland recently, scummy horrible things they were too, about as nasty as your beech.
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
I think you and me were responsible recently for the deaths of some enormous Holm Oak
The Lirodendron I felled was over 130' high. It was a perfect specimen apart from a large cavity at 30' up the stem.
Peter
Treehouser
Wow, certainly never seen one that size. I did fell one a couple of years ago, about 25' tall and 10" diameter. Not very impressive I know, but the client only planted it a year previously, they flew out to Holland to choose it personally. It cost them £12k, they planted it in a big pit in a heavy clay soil, and watered it to death. Someone had told them they needed lots of water, so they put a hose on it and left it running for 8 months. Talk about killing with kindness. They couldn't watch when I felled it and stuffed it in the chipper.
Jack
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Pulled these out of archive to share again:
FWIW: Tulip Poplars get fairly tall here. Here's some pix of the second(?) tallest poplar in Maryland. If memory serves, it was measured at 165 ft. where the tallest is 168 ft., in Maryland.
A few arborist got together last year (January 15) to rec climb the tree in Patapsco State Park - near Baltimore. The lowest branch was 80 ft. up
An impressive tree for the Eastern US -- click on the thumbnails to see full-size:
All photo's were taken by Patrick (Pigwot @ TreeHouse)
The last pic is a forty foot limb walk at 120 ft up = COOL, IMO!
Not just cool, frigging excellent!!
That is one rec climb I would have loved to join.
We are having our once a year gettogether of pros and rec climbing instructors next weekend.
We'll be playing in one of the largest noble firs in the country and a large multistemmed beech.
Pictures will follow
That is one rec climb I would have loved to join.
We are having our once a year gettogether of pros and rec climbing instructors next weekend.
We'll be playing in one of the largest noble firs in the country and a large multistemmed beech.
Pictures will follow
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Sell him an overall pre-construction tree protection plan and long-term health plan.
By no equipment going near it, what do you mean? Dirt workers are notorious for thinking that they aren't going near it when they don't bang the trunk with their equipment, forgetting there are roots.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Nice series of pics!!!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Very cool pics indeed...
Looks a tad chilly
Looks a tad chilly
Jack
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Very cool pics indeed...
Looks a tad chilly
mid-20's F ... BUT, the 130ft 'all-air' SRT climb kept me plenty warm for the rest of the day.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Yup, that would do it
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Silly me only brought a 150 ft rope, thinkng we'd have a branch low enough to then re-pitch... I had to borrow a 200' to get into that tree. It was a nice hike in and a great climb. We need more fun climbs like that.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Al, they do get big in many places. However, of the many states I've covered in my travels, southeast PA grows monsters that are hard to find elsewhere.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Yes ,that's a documented fact .I've heard it explained it has something to do with the sunlight coming off the eastern side of the hills .
In the days of sailing ships huge oaks were cut for the masts of square riggers often over 100 feet of clear log which was unusual even in those days .These things were floated to Boston ,Philadelphia or New York naval ship yard .Of course this being in the days of wooden ships and iron men .
In the days of sailing ships huge oaks were cut for the masts of square riggers often over 100 feet of clear log which was unusual even in those days .These things were floated to Boston ,Philadelphia or New York naval ship yard .Of course this being in the days of wooden ships and iron men .
