Native Tree Society BBS

NTS: In January and February of 2020 I measured a number of trees on the campus of Marietta College campus. The most notable tree was a Shumard's Oak at 18.4' x 97.5' x 110.8'. Another 20 plus species both native and exotic were measured and entered on the Trees db site. Much of the campus sits on a...

NTS: I came across this large Sassafras January 2020 accidently by turning around in a church parking lots. At first glance my species ID through the car window questionable. After getting out of the car and circling the tree and scratching my head a neighbor came over and confirmed it was a Sassafr...

Brian; Is that a height record for M. tripetala? I do not recall any 170' listed on the BBS board

Lucas: Thanks for getting the pictures to post. What did you do?

NTS: In November of 2019 Susan and I spent several weeks I Peru mostly along the Coast and desert/semidesert areas farther from the coast.. I did get to measure a tree in the Araucaria genus. I don.t believe Peru has any native Araucarias but they are a fairly common planted tree. This one was found...

Elijah: Biltmore Ash seemingly has lost its specie status and its varietal status according to Pnts database. Tilia heterophylla has maintained it status as a variety of T. Americana.

Erik/ NTS: I have pondered the correct classification of big girth "Butternuts" scattered about West Virginia for several years. I have used the Purdue Identification of Butternuts and Butternut Hybrids as a resource . Here is my current thinking. I have monitored four large girth Butternuts that we...

NTS: On 7/20/2019 Fred Sikarskie, Mike Leeden and I had a chance to remeasure the big Butternut( Juglans cinerea} at Pulpmill Bottom, Parsons, Tucker County. 17.5' x 76.8' x 129' with circumference taken at 5 feet. https://photos.smugmug.com/Trees/Juglans-cinerea/i-Nxmdhn8/0/ace241ec/M/DSCN4480-M.jp...

George:
The largest circumference known of an Amelanchier in West Virginia is 2.7' which I believe to be an A. laevis - Allegheny or Smooth Service berry. Open grown in abandoned sheep pastures around 3000' elevation in Pocahontas County.

NTS, Bob.
Want was the nature of the problem that Ed had to correct?