Brandywine Creek State Park's Tulip Poplars

[George Fieo]

ENTS,

Here is the list of 12' x 100' Tulip poplars for Brandywine Creek State Park along with some photos.

A 12'11" x 156.8' Tulip poplar within Tulip Tree Woods.

A 15'2" x 154.1' Tulip poplar.

Me between two large poplars measuring 14'11" x 148.7' and 13'10" x 150.3'.

A 14'8" x 139.8' Tulip Poplar.

My brother Rob and I in a general forest seen. Notice Rob in the background between some unmeasured tulips.

Me with one of two tulip poplars with girths of 17'3" and more than 140' in height.

The bole of a 19' x 149.1' Tulip poplar.

Rob at the base of the 19' x 149.1' Tulip poplar.

12' x 100' Club
CBH Height Coordinates
15'11" 122.3'
12'4" 125.5'
16' 127'
15'3" 127.3'
12'2" 130.2'
12'3" 130.4'
12'8" 131.4'
12'4" 131.6'
14'1" 132.2'
14'8" 134.4'
13'5" 134.6'
12'4" 135.2'
12'2" 135.3'
13' 135.3'
13'4" 135.8'
12'1" 136.9'
13'8" 137.2'
13'9" 137.5'
12'8" 138.1'
13'7" 138.2'
12'2" 138.7'
12' 138.8'
15'4" 138.8'
14'9" 138.9' N 39*47.997' x W 75*34.132'
14'1" 139.5'
14'8" 139.8'
12'3" 140'
14'7" 140.3'
12'4" 140.5'
12'5" 140.7'
13' 140.8'
17'3" 140.8' N 39*48.011' x W 75*33.980'
14' 141.3'
13'11" 142'
15'2" 142'
12'1" 143'
12' 143.2'
12'7" 143.4'
13'10" 144.4'
17'3" 144.8' N 39*47.970' x W 75*34.045'
12'5' 144.9'
12'4" 145.2'
12'2" 145.3'
12'6" 145.3'
14'11" 145.6'
13'7" 145.7'
12'1" 145.8'
13' 146.1'
12'1" 147.2'
12'8" 147.3'
13'8" 147.5'
12'5" 147.7'
14'10" 147.8'
12'1" 148.1'
14'11" 148.7'
12'5" 148.9'
19' 149.1' N 39*48.642' x W 75*33.756'
13'4" 149.3'
12'9" 149.5'
13' 149.5'

12' x 150' Club
CBH Height
12'3" 150'
13'10" 150.3'
12'11" 150.4'
12'2" 150.5'
12'2" 152.1'
13'10" 152.2'
12'11" 152.6"
12'10" 153.4'
12'5" 153.5'
13' 153.5'
13'5" 153.7'
13'9" 154.1'
15'2" 154.1' N 39*48.241' x W 75*34.107'
13'5" 156.6'
12'11" 156.8'
12'9" 157'
12'2" 158'
13'7" 160.1'

George


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[dbhguru]

George,

You are a one man measuring machine. You do us proud. You also have filled in a large gap in our tree numbers for that region. I'll add the new numbers to the article several of us are writing on the tuliptree for the Bulletin. Your data is highly significant, and likely shows that the Delaware area was once a highly tree-fertile region.

Bob

[jamesrobertsmith]

Good grief! That's a lot of really huge poplars! I'd love to visit that place.

[Rand]

Wow. I think that's more big populars than Steve & I have measured in the entire state of Ohio.

[eliahd24]

Is this site in PA? Holy crap those are some magnificent trees. Exceptional girth and height for such high latitude. Make sure these are included in Neil's Liriodendron study. Great work!

[Neil]

Wow, Gorge - that is one heckuva data set - wonderful!

neil

[James Parton]

WoW! Huge tulips! Their heights are comparable to the ones I measured last winter in the Green River Gorge but the girths on the Brandywine trees are much larger.

[bbeduhn]

Wow! There just aren't many places with so much quantity and quality. I'm astounded that such a fine collection exists just outside of Delaware's capital. Are all of the tuliptrees in the tuliptree preserve or do they spill over into other areas of the park?

[Larry Tucei]

Wow is right! Man that is one fantastic stand of Tulips. Can you imagine how the Forest would have looked 200 years ago! Larry

[RobLine]

Very interesting site. I was forwarded this link by the Brandywine Creek Park Naturalist. I am a biologist with Delaware State Parks and we have been doing invasive species control in Tulip Tree Woods in Brandywine Creek State Park for around 10 years. I have some data about this forest (and the park overall), but nothing about the height of the trees...and nothing about how they compare outside of Delaware. We are manageing the site for it's return to old growth forest. We have mapped all of our state parks for older forests. Interested in doing some more investigating? Just let me know. Rob - Env. Stewardship Prog.