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1. Trick
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   170 inches in circumference, or just over 14ft, Coastal Sequoia, named George.

   Anyone else have an old tree in W.S that rivals this gentle giant?

   Posted 6 months ago #         

2. AlkiKmac
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   All about the trunk.....tell us about the branch(es)!!!

   Posted 6 months ago #         

3. JanS
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   is this at your house, Trick? :) AlkiKMac..knowing Trick, I'm betting the branches are just lovely :D

   Posted 6 months ago #         

4. luckymom30
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   Post a picture.

   Posted 6 months ago #         

5. Trick
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   I did take a photo, just need to embed it somehow.
   branches are only big at a certain angle.

   Posted 6 months ago #         

6. DBP
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   I can help with the embedding. Send the photo to DP_Editor at comcast dot net

   Posted 6 months ago #         

7. goodgraces
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   Ours rivals yours! We have a 13' circumference Western Red Cedar that is over 100 years old. Shown already not-small in 1932 photo of our house, up on Pigeon Point. It is a double-trunk beauty. We cherish it!

   Posted 6 months ago #         

8. DBP
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   Well this proves it, folks. The Trick ain't just blowin' smoke 'bout his Big 170-inch. He sent me this picture last night.

   

   Of course, it's possible that there could be a guy standing off to the side with a second tape measure.

   But trust me on this one, ladies . . . When a dude is measuring his . . . you know . . . his TRUNK . . . the LAST thing he wants on the scene is another dude.

   Posted 6 months ago #         

9. Trick
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   Thanks DBP! You rock!

   Let's not forget my trunk is over a 100 yrs old :/
   Sheds like crazy.....

   Posted 6 months ago #         

10. JoB
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    nothing like a man with a big trunk... ;->

    we have looked up our old houses on google earth recently...
    I think I would rather not know that the people who bought our houses also cut down all those beautiful old trees...
    We paid big money to keep them healthy

    Posted 6 months ago #         

11. Julie
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    So, how do you decide how far up the trunk to measure? Is there a standard formula?

    Posted 6 months ago #         

12. Trick
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    Re Julie:
    I stood and measured about 5' feet above the base.
    Nothing scientific really, just bragging rights.

    Posted 6 months ago #         

13. metrognome
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    Trick -- you lucked out on measuring at the right height ...

    Whereas cover within quadrats is the most common way to measure abundance of herbaceous plants, the most common way to measure the abundance of trees is the "diameter at breast height" of individual trees. The diameter at breast height, or DBH, is just what it sounds like: the diameter of the tree's trunk at the height of the archetypal forester's chest (4.5 feet, or 1.37 m).

    you may not have been using the right tool ...

    http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/bot440/wilsomar/Content/HTM-trees.htm

    not sure what a 'quadrat' is and didn't know trees had breasts ... oh, wait, that refers to the measurer ...

    Posted 6 months ago #         

14. Trick
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    I guess I should've worn the "Manssiere" for measuring!
    Thanks for the info Metro, looking at that page made me break out in acne looking at that math involved.

    Posted 6 months ago #         

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