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Index of Subjects There are 12 recorded large Red Oaks listed in the big tree project for Nature Nova Scotia (naturns.ca/node/12) ranging in diameter from 1.12 to 1.45 m in diameter. The Red Oak is by far the most measured large tree in the list. I would encourage naturalists to measure more large tree of all species and send them in to be put on the list. The plan is to collect measurements from all counties of the province and all species - not just the very biggest. There are many counties and species with no measurements so there are many opportunities to contribute. All it takes is a tape measure and a camera ---- and a large old tree that you find. See the naturens.ca big tree pages for more info. -- Larry Bogan Cambridge Station, Nova Scotia larry@bogan.ca On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:30:03 -0300 Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Heather, > > That's still a very old tree. I'm not sure what records there are for > the antiquity of red oaks in Nova Scotia. Perhaps Colin Laroque may > have some insights on how this compares with other old red oaks in the > region. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > ---- Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Today I went out and Dr.David Patriquin and I measured the red oak > > tree.. > > Everyone was right, it wasn't 400 years old.. Looks are decieving in > > trees as > > well as people. > > > > Subject: Tree > > > > The stump, approx 2 feet high had a large area of decomposing > > heartwood. > > The trunk had been sawed into pieces. We counted the rings and > > measured the circumference of 2 of the largest pieces which likely > > came from close to the base. For one, 213 rings were counted to the > > center (no decomposing heartwood), for the other 216 rings to a core > > of decomposing heartwood approx 5.5 cm diameter (i.e. the age was > > 216+). The diameters estimated as circumference/pi were 1,23 and 1.20 > > meters. The former measurement included a bit of a branch; the better > > estimate is 216+years/1.20 m diameter. >
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