Native Tree Society BBS

Hi all, It's rare, but every once in a while you can find a champion tree on the Google Maps "street view." I recently was lucky enough to find a tree in just this manner. It's the Nat'l Champion Torrey Pine; type "Carpinteria Library, Carpinteria, CA," into google maps and you will see the tree. It...

A tree in Grand Traverse, Michigan is supposed to be 113 feet tall.

Thanks! These are the thickest beeches (excepting European beeches) I have yet to come across.

Thank you! I see it! How cool...I really wish I had seen it last summer.

Is it the one in the ditch, or is it the one right by the road?

Thank you! I think I see it. It's all distorted by the GM view, though. I really wish I had seen it last summer when I was in Asheville.

Is the 144' sycamore between Hendersonville Road and Vanderbilt Road? Or is it behind the building? I'm trying to find it on Google Maps.

The pictures from Mohegan Lake

Just some tasteless humor to kick off today's post. Fairfield, Conn., is home to Lake Mohegan Park. This park has A LOT of beeches. The park features a lot of well-drained slopes, and the beeches dominate these areas. The first beech we measured was essentially a snag--the top blew out long, long ag...

Yes, Joe, I like it too...I think I'm going to keep it outdoors because, as Will said, it needs a period of dormancy.