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- Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:12 pm
- Forum: California
- Topic: Blue Gum Superlatives, invasive yet impressive
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6993
Re: Blue Gum Superlatives, invasive yet impressive
Burlingame, you say? Ironically, I was just there (for a convention) and admiring the downtown area's glorious trees back in April. Including, of course, the many towering eucalyptus lining the streets. Unfortunately I had no tape measure with me, but next April, maybe I'll think to bring one. Anyon...
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: Kentucky
- Topic: State Champion Tulip, KY's tallest
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6673
Re: State Champion Tulip, KY's tallest
Aside from the genetic and mechanical factors (wind, ice, animal damage, etc.) I kind of wonder if drought plays a role, at least here in AL; while we're usually among the wettest states in the eastern US, when we have droughts they're rather extreme, especially when combined with intense summer hea...
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: Alabama
- Topic: Sipsey Wilderness in November
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3201
Sipsey Wilderness in November
ENTS... On the morning of November 16th, for my 23rd birthday, my grandfather and I took a trip a couple of counties over to the Sipsey Wilderness of the Bankhead NF, as we do with some regularity. The weather was expected to be cool and cloudy with rain beginning by late evening, with pockets of de...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:31 pm
- Forum: Kentucky
- Topic: State Champion Tulip, KY's tallest
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6673
Re: State Champion Tulip, KY's tallest
If there are 160'+ tulips in AL, I'm certainly not aware of them; they would pretty much have to be in the Bankhead NF (with a very very slight chance of encountering one in a perfect situation in some other random cove in the northern third of the state) and I know ENTS has explored a little of it ...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:48 pm
- Forum: California
- Topic: Central Sierra Expedition - Big Sugar Pines Down
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3424
Re: Central Sierra Expedition - Big Sugar Pines Down
UGGGG. Well that's disheartening. We've lost a great number of big trees recently. Although, it's not entirely shocking that the Pickering Pine fell because it had a fire scar near the base that went all the way through the trunk... a flying buttress just doesn't work that well on trees that aren't ...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:55 pm
- Forum: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Topic: Violent Storms Strike GSMNP; Two Dead
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3070
Re: Violent Storms Strike GSMNP; Two Dead
Yep. I wonder how many people could still be trapped there right now. It's quite a tragedy to have people killed in a national park in any regard, but knowing Cades Cove and its surroundings quite well it hits home even harder.
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:49 pm
- Forum: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Topic: Violent Storms Strike GSMNP; Two Dead
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3070
Violent Storms Strike GSMNP; Two Dead
http://news.yahoo.com/2-dead-violent-storm-lashes-great-smokies-104907386.html TOWNSEND, Tenn. (AP) — Violent thunderstorms swept through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, toppling large trees throughout the popular tourist spot and killing at least two people. Ralph Frazier, 50...
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:52 am
- Forum: Alabama
- Topic: Sipsey Poplar, May 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9253
Re: Sipsey Poplar, May 2010
Hey Zachary, is the poplar still healthy? I ask because I was just reading about the Wasilik Poplar in NC, which suffered greatly because of root-trampling. At the time of our visit two years ago, the tree itself seemed very healthy, with a full crown (perhaps replacing a long-ago broken top) and a...
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:54 pm
- Forum: Alabama
- Topic: Dismals Canyon, July 2010
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8703
Re: Dismals Canyon, July 2010
Ed, Good question - I can't recall seeing very many hemlock seedlings in Dismals Canyon, if any at all. If I recall properly, though, there were a few trees around a foot around, that wouldn't have been too old. I don't know if the trees there were producing cones, at least not this year, though I d...
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: Alabama
- Topic: Sipsey Poplar, May 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9253
Re: Sipsey Poplar, May 2010
Ed,
Thanks, will do!
~Z
Thanks, will do!
~Z