So we have a dilemma
it turns out after some quick math that Stan the tree that fell in our back field last weekend is about 250-280 years old, (by measuring circumference, dividing by Pi and multiplying by the growth rate of the type of tree we think he is, we will have do redo the math when we figure out his real identity though) Hes 170 inches wide (not common for the type of tree we think he is), and about 115-120 feet tall. (Also not common, we got this by measuring the fallen tree and adding the length of limbs we moved, and added 5 feet, for the limbs he lost over 15years of death) this measurement might sound absurd but the reason I’m so curious about this tree is because it WAS so tall, it was so tall infact that the previous owners of the house would bring people back to see it. Before it fell last week, it was a sight for us despite having died13 years before we owned the house! I want to know if this tree was a Post Oak. The tallest post oak on record is in Tennessee Called the Quarry Oak. Standing at an accurate measurement of 112 feet, which is about 5-15 feet shorter than Stan. If this tree is a Post Oak that would mean that it was once the tallest in the world! But something tells me (like the unusual thickness, growth area- on the edge of the creek where it’s moist- and height) that this tree might be a completely different kind of tree!
Here is all the clues left, a few pictures of bark. Can we tell much from that?
(The last pic is the result of 15 years of being dead, and you can see it LITERALLY was growing in the creek which was probably what rotted and weakened it to the point that it fell. The picture makes it look smaller than it is. I’m telling you it’s huge)
So what kind of tree are we looking at?
it turns out after some quick math that Stan the tree that fell in our back field last weekend is about 250-280 years old, (by measuring circumference, dividing by Pi and multiplying by the growth rate of the type of tree we think he is, we will have do redo the math when we figure out his real identity though) Hes 170 inches wide (not common for the type of tree we think he is), and about 115-120 feet tall. (Also not common, we got this by measuring the fallen tree and adding the length of limbs we moved, and added 5 feet, for the limbs he lost over 15years of death) this measurement might sound absurd but the reason I’m so curious about this tree is because it WAS so tall, it was so tall infact that the previous owners of the house would bring people back to see it. Before it fell last week, it was a sight for us despite having died13 years before we owned the house! I want to know if this tree was a Post Oak. The tallest post oak on record is in Tennessee Called the Quarry Oak. Standing at an accurate measurement of 112 feet, which is about 5-15 feet shorter than Stan. If this tree is a Post Oak that would mean that it was once the tallest in the world! But something tells me (like the unusual thickness, growth area- on the edge of the creek where it’s moist- and height) that this tree might be a completely different kind of tree!
Here is all the clues left, a few pictures of bark. Can we tell much from that?
(The last pic is the result of 15 years of being dead, and you can see it LITERALLY was growing in the creek which was probably what rotted and weakened it to the point that it fell. The picture makes it look smaller than it is. I’m telling you it’s huge)
So what kind of tree are we looking at?
