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Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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Posted by
gardener365 IL 5/6 (
My Page) on
Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 17:00
| Quercus velutina (Black oak) I found on Memorial Day 2011, Rock Island, IL:
Height 70' or 21.33M
Width (avg.) 52.5' (70' + 35'/2) or 16M
Circumference 17' 10" or 5.4M
Dax
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RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 21:37
| You measured the circumference at 4 1/2'? |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Sure did, (4x). Why you ask? Dax |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 24, 11 at 13:45
| Inflated trunk measurements due to measuring at the wrong height have been published more than a few times, American Forests for instance. Speaking of them, have you compared with what is in National Register of Big Trees? |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| The national champion Quercus velutina is 436 points. Dax's tree is 297 points. Even if Dax hadn't thought to check, I bet he showed his tree (or findings) to Guy, and I know Guy would have said something if it were in contention to be a champion. |
Re: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| The Illinois champion Quercus velutina, BTW, is 328 points (if that info is still current). |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Nice find! Great pics. : ) J |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Yep to all the comments -- it's a stellar tree & "my" day in the sun! Dax |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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- Posted by jqpublic 7b/8a Wake County NC (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 13, 11 at 20:16
| I must say, this time of year is best for identifying these trees from afar. The combination of yellow/green/brown leaves really sets off the dark/black bark! The picture above doesn't look nearly as black as some in my side of the country...although the ones I saw are smaller. |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Really nice tree! How do you measure height? Is there an easy way, not this ruler step here do this do that crap. There is a Shingle oak that is super huge that I want to measure and it's on a slight slope and I want to nominate it and can't get the height. The girth is hard enough, it's kind of up on mounded earth, plus the roots are up sort of. I will take a picture of it and some time before I die I'll learn to post pics! How can you ID a black oak from a red when it has baby bark? I have a tree that is different from my red oaks but isn't like the Shumards, nuttals. cherrybarks and scarlets. |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Is that kudzu starting to grow up the trunk? |
RE: Quercus velutina Huge Specimen
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| Thanks Brandon for posting, I'm gonna prices those clinometers, the instructions read simple but without seeing in person people doing it, the steps make no sense, they're kind of contradictory. The gadget will be used alot anyway. |
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