Cook Forest PA Chestnut Update | Carl Harting |
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Today I revisited the American Chestnut I found last August at Cook
Forest State Park. This year I was able to take my time and measure
more carefully. When remeasured from the same point as last year (from
the south) I got a height of 75.5 feet, showing roughly 1/2 foot of
growth.
Chestnut Full View - photo by Carl Harting | Chestnut from underneath - photo by Carl Harting |
Chestnut bark - photo by Carl Harting | Chestnuts - photo by Carl Harting |
Trying to get a better view, I moved to the north side and
found a higher top in clear view. This sprig pushes the height to 82.1
feet with CBH of 3.6 feet. I'll send some pictures to Ed for the
website.
On a sad note, I found a 25 foot chestnut on the ridge above
the Clarion River dying from what looks like a blight canker at 15 feet.
The entire tree leafed out this spring but only the lowest branches are
still green.
Chestnut Oak Burl - photo by Carl Harting | Chestnut Oak - photo by Carl Harting |
Here are a couple photos of a neat chestnut oak with a large burl. CBH 9.2 ft Carl
(above burl at 6.4 feet), height 91.8 feet. Burl measured 8.2 feet around.
Re: PA Chestnut Update | djluth-@pennswoods.net |
Great job! I was just in there on 8/10/06 and couldn't find the select chestnut you I may have been to far down over the ridge to see your chestnuts. I walked When I walked up the ridge on the gas-line entrance, I cut down over the bank on Here was my day's tally: SpeciesCBHHeight Comments chestnut oak9.3N/Avery old boundary tree (Clarion River Lodge) pignut hickory3.889.9 white oak8.993.1+very old, ancient twisted form Dale
Carl,
measured. I did find a very small one, but mostly ran into a nice little array
of hickories (bitternut, pignut, shagbark). First place I've come across in the
park with all 3 hickories growing together.
clear out to the park boundary to the Clarion River Lodge. I was running out
of day light, so I could've easily blown past the sight. I still don't have a
good eye for these yet. Do you happen to have GPS coordinates for this tree?
a "bench" before I got to the old foundation. It wasn't too far after that,
that I got into the nice hickory patch.
pignut hickory4.3105.3new park girth record
pignut hickory3.4105.4
pignut hickory4106.5new park height record
white oak10.8 90.1+ancient burled mass, from a distance
thought it was an old sugar maple with
distinct trunk groves
RE: PA Chestnut Update | Matthew Hannum |
Hickories are funny from my experience: then tend to be everywhere in Was that chestnut oak a low-branching tree? The ones I've seen tend to As for the American Chestnut, I hope that it someday returns to the
Nice catch of trees, both of you!
modest numbers, but actually figuring out which tree is which is such a
trick when they are not covered in big, almost ripe nut husks. I see the
nuts without a problem, but tend to miss the trees themselves. They are
usually not the largest of trees, nor does their bark or leaves
immediately catch one's eye.
do that, which is odd for an oak.
forest - the ACF is working on blight-resistant trees, and I hope they
are successful.
RE: PA Chestnut Update | Carl Harting |
Matthew, Check out the Updates section of the website for a picture of the Dale, I sent the GPS coordinates and pictures of the American Chestnut to your Carl
chestnut oak attached to my chestnut post. Notice how the tree seems to
be holding a smaller fallen comrade in its elbow.
park email account, but I really think I should guide you there myself
(hint).Its funny that we were both drawn to the old chestnut oak. I
took a quick height measurement and got 91.8 feet. Nice burl. You
missed the chestnut and I missed the hickories - wonder what else is up
there?
Chestnut Samples from Cook Forest | David Armstrong |
September 10, 2006 |
To: Carl Harting
Cc: Larry (Chip) Patchel
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: Chestnut Samples
Carl:
Thanks for the submission of the chestnut sample from Cooks Forest and your interest in the American chestnut recovery program.
I examined the leaf and twig samples and believe your tree to be American chestnut based on the following:
The paper thin, canoe shape of the leaf, large teeth that curve inward are American traits. There are American simple and glandular hairs on the underside of the leaf when viewed at 30X. The thin dark brown twig is also an indicator of American.
We keep a record of all these trees located in the Mid-Atlantic region in our data base at PSU.
Thanks again for your interest.
Dave
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PA Chapter- The American Chestnut Foundation
Dave Armstrong
PA Chestnut Update | Carl Harting |
I walked with Dale and Tony on Saturday and we found some decent trees along
the Clarion River upstream from the 4 mile canoe launch. We ran out of time
but found a 120+ red oak and a tulip at 135 +/- (Dale has the numbers) which
should be number 2 for the park. Dale confirmed my measurement of 82.1 for
the chestnut, and he found a new park record pignut hickory around 105 I
believe.
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Dale Luthringer (Sept 13, 2006) wrote:
Ed, Here's some more pics of Carl's Am. chestnut find. It'll be awhile before I add my $0.02 to his posts though... He took Tony & I up there last weekend. Dale
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