Native Tree Society BBS

Just out of curiosity, where were the Sierra Nevada values recorded? Also, in the Sierra the dominant tree species can vary in just a couple miles. The county I live in is home to a Ponderosa Pine/Western Juniper/Incense-Cedar system in the eastern part, on the eastern, dryer side of the Yuba Pass, ...

Hello, I would like to post some photos and stats for the giant trees that I've discovered over the course of my big trees project. These are some of the most impressive ones, over 5 and 1/2 feet in DBH. First, a Sugar Pine found behind Calpine: 7.08' DBH, estimated height of 164 feet, and a crown s...

Thank you, Will, John and Bob, for the very warm welcome. I will try to get more accurate heights for the measured trees (and can do so now that I've figured out how to use the inclinometer that my mother gave me). There is one very large tree on there that I have yet to make a post about with a pre...

Hello, I'm Duncan Kennedy, cofounder and head honcho (also the one who does it all) of the Sierra County Big Trees Project. I don't know if I really have anything else to say.