Today, Gary Beluzo, myself, and Hampshire College student Jessica went in search of tuliptrees. We drove down into Connecticut, and while we did find a mixed stand ner Avon, CT, nothing stood out as worth reporting on. However, on the east side of Avon, I spotted a big cottonwood growing near the edge of a stream. We went to check it out. It is huge! We named it Cottzilla after Godzilla. It measures 21.7 feet in girth and 104.5 feet in height. Its average crown spread exceeds 100. Because of the brush and the stream, I couldn't get a good measurement of the spread, but call it 100 feet. So, without further comment, say hello to Cottzilla.
Meet Cottzilla
Meet Cottzilla
ENTS,
Today, Gary Beluzo, myself, and Hampshire College student Jessica went in search of tuliptrees. We drove down into Connecticut, and while we did find a mixed stand ner Avon, CT, nothing stood out as worth reporting on. However, on the east side of Avon, I spotted a big cottonwood growing near the edge of a stream. We went to check it out. It is huge! We named it Cottzilla after Godzilla. It measures 21.7 feet in girth and 104.5 feet in height. Its average crown spread exceeds 100. Because of the brush and the stream, I couldn't get a good measurement of the spread, but call it 100 feet. So, without further comment, say hello to Cottzilla.
Today, Gary Beluzo, myself, and Hampshire College student Jessica went in search of tuliptrees. We drove down into Connecticut, and while we did find a mixed stand ner Avon, CT, nothing stood out as worth reporting on. However, on the east side of Avon, I spotted a big cottonwood growing near the edge of a stream. We went to check it out. It is huge! We named it Cottzilla after Godzilla. It measures 21.7 feet in girth and 104.5 feet in height. Its average crown spread exceeds 100. Because of the brush and the stream, I couldn't get a good measurement of the spread, but call it 100 feet. So, without further comment, say hello to Cottzilla.
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
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Larry Tucei
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Re: Meet Cottzilla
Larry,
Nope, honest, no trick photography. It's the real deal. However, we should have had Jessica in the photo to have made the contrast even greater because Gary is a very large fellow. He is 6 feet 1 inch and close to 300 lbs. So, you can see why we named the tree Cottzilla. Here's one more look at the whopper cottonwood.
Bob
Nope, honest, no trick photography. It's the real deal. However, we should have had Jessica in the photo to have made the contrast even greater because Gary is a very large fellow. He is 6 feet 1 inch and close to 300 lbs. So, you can see why we named the tree Cottzilla. Here's one more look at the whopper cottonwood.
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
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James Parton
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Re: Meet Cottzilla
Bob,
All I can say is " WoW "!! or " Holey Moley "!!
All I can say is " WoW "!! or " Holey Moley "!!
James E Parton
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
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Larry Tucei
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Re: Meet Cottzilla
Bob, Thats a biiiig Cottonwood! One of the trees that can rival Live Oak in Girth. Can you imagine how large they were pre-European! Larry
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Joe
Re: Meet Cottzilla
I've said it before and I'll say it again- when I see such amazing creations of Mother Nature- I only wish I could go back in a time machine and hike across North America before the pale faces showed up. I'm just trying to imagine hundreds of millions of acres of old growth- and if I can set the machine to go back far enough- I could see the Pleistocene Megafauna. Nothing like seeing huge wild animals out there in the old growth forests!
Joe the Cave Man
Joe the Cave Man
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James Parton
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Re: Meet Cottzilla
Joe, could I go with ya!?
James E Parton
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
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Joe
Re: Meet Cottzilla
Sure! Let's get working on that time machine!James Parton wrote:Joe, could I go with ya!?
Joe
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Larry Tucei
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Re: Meet Cottzilla
WOW that's so crazy I would love to sit under that tree and eat lunch wondering about the tree.
Who speaks for the Trees? WE ALL DO!