Native Tree Society BBS

What in the world is going on out there? Seems like the fire season never ends. Here it is the beginning of December, has the rainy/snow season not begun? Just sad to hear this...

Hi Brian,

For the sake of accuracy, I once visited the tallest Valley Oak in Covelo several years ago, but I am not the measurer. I believe it was probably Michael Taylor.

Having hiked through Colorado last summer, it was shocking to see the beetle kill in many places along the Colorado Trail and Continental Divide Trail. Just east of Silverton in the San Juans all the way to New Mexico border is an absolute tinder box. It seemed many valleys had 75% to 90% dead trees...

Ral, I used to live in LA several years ago and the San Gabriels were my favorite mountains to hike and explore in, just minutes outside the city too. It was amazing how you could go back there and not see a single soul on some of the trails. Around the time I left, a large area in the Angeles Natio...

Congrats again Michael and Zane! Michael, just curious, how is the forest looking in the Sierra now that the drought is over? Do you think the big pines that survived the dry spell will continue to do so, or is it still too early to tell? Bob, any predictions as to what the third era of discovery wi...

NTS, I spent part of the day yesterday in Harpers Ferry and measured a couple of my favorite trees in town. I'm still working on my species identification so any assistance is most welcome. The first tree is what I think is an Ash tree of some type. I measured the tree to a height of 95.52 ft. with ...

This was in August with a full crown of leaves and finding the true top in any beech without leaves is hard enough. George George, Just wondering how often you, or anyone else on this board, is able to find the top of the beech trees when trying to measure them? It seems like almost every beech I s...

Rand, The pictured Cypress in this post grows in Texas. I'm not sure how many of these trees remain, or have been left untouched down there. The swamp in Arkansas I saw looked like it had many big trees with wild, gnarly, somewhat flattened crowns. The only reason I was able to see them was because ...

NTS, I spent some time in Austin visiting family during the fourth of July holiday. We spent the fourth BBQ-ing and swimming along a creek south of Austin. The Cyprus trees along the creek were incredible! I just wanted to share some photos of a big ol' Cyprus rope swing that was growing nearby. Sor...

Thanks Rand! Can't wait to get back out there and look around! The Black Walnut is really a beautiful tree...