There is a tree that is not far from
where I live and not far off the road I wanted to revisit. I was
there 5 years ago and had measured it then. I was thinking is was a
big tree for the area I live in and wanted to measure it to see its
growth. When we got there I noticed the canopy showed a lot of
branches were dead, the top had been broken off in years past and the
tree probably would not last much longer.
It was a stately tree and was the
biggest White oak I had measured. Granted, there were I am sure, much
bigger white oaks. But I had not measured them. This old friend had
seen much change down through the years. The woods around it were
much younger. The woods was more of an abandoned strip which was
waiting to be cleared for development. Yet the development had not
come.
Much to my delight I have been able to
enjoy hiking here and experiencing the natural life there.
Anyway this old tree was showing its
age and as in life all things will come to an end in this world. But
I will watch this old tree in its last days and years. Being in
undeveloped land it will be there until it breaks in a storm.
The measurement. January 27th
2009 circumference 179.5 inches. February 14th 2014
circumference 190.75” a 11.25 inches of circumference or 6%
increase in 5 years.
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