[NatureNS] Large Red Maple - can you beat this

Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:53:53 -0300
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Larry  are you counting slippery elm. I have the measurements and a 
photo I can send.
Virginia Redden   Hants co


Roland McCormick wrote:
> I notice the references below to the large hemlocks in the Berwick 
> campgrounds.  I have been wondering if they were still there. Fifty 
> years ago I heard them speak often of the big pines in the campground. 
> One Sunday I dropped in for the church service being held there, and 
> was amazed to find that the trees were all hemlocks - the largest 
> hemlock that I have ever seen. With another fifty years growth they 
> must now be huge.
>
> Roland
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bogan" <larry@bogan.ca>
> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 9:12 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Large Red Maple - can you beat this
>
>
>> Everyone must know by now, that Nature N.S. is collecting infomation 
>> on the biggest trees in our province. The webpage is at
>> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/FNSN/big_trees/trees.html
>> OR just go to http://www.naturens.ca and click on the Big Trees link.
>>
>> My latest contribution is a nice sized Red Maple north or Berwick 
>> with a N.S. Forest Technician score of 113 (diameter of 0.94 m). 
>> There must be larger ones so I challenge anyone to find a bigger one.
>> See this one's information at
>> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/FNSN/big_trees/RM-01.html
>>
>> If you can't find a red maple, there are many species of trees not 
>> entered in our collection .... AND... we are collecting from every 
>> county in the province.... SO ... if find a big Red Maple or other 
>> species in your county. Try something other that Red Oak or White Pine.
>>
>> All you need to do is take a 12 ft tape measure with you and a 
>> camera. See instructions on the page.
>>
>> The large Eastern Hemlocks in the Berwick Campgrounds need to be 
>> measured.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Larry
>>
>> Larry Bogan   -    larry@bogan.ca       902-678-0446   
>> http://www.bogan.ca
>> 6539 Brooklyn St, Cambridge Station, N.S. B0P 1G0
>>
>>
>>
>
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