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Recently there was a thread about the demise of a famous tree on the AT, and I mentioned I would try to get a photo of a large Tulip Poplar I had heard about on the Hanna Mountain trail. Here is a pic of the old guy with my favorite gal (Caboose) for a size comparison. I would love to see some of the photos of grand old giants that some of you have as well.
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=33504&c=555]http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/2/1/8/3/6/backpacking_trip_095_thumb.jpg
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Cabin Fever
05-11-2009, 21:05
My favorite trail for big trees is Ramsey Cascades in the Smokies. It's out of the Greenbrier area. There are some monsters on that trail.
My favorite trail for big trees is Ramsey Cascades in the Smokies. It's out of the Greenbrier area. There are some monsters on that trail.
I remember reading about that stretch of trail in Backpacker quite a few years ago. They said it was one of the largest stands of old growth left in the east if I recall. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing it yet, but do try the Hannah Mountain trail. There are about 2 dozen old guys that aren't much smaller than the one in the picture.
Blissful
05-11-2009, 22:42
The Sequoias in CA are amazing. I never saw anything like it.
"the big tree" in Sipsey Wilderness in Alabama
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/45151/2937785080086983979S600x600Q85.jpg
Big Poplars in GSMNP (near CS#41)
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/44209/2821448810086983979S600x600Q85.jpg
Waslick Poplar off the AT in North Carolina
http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/36937/2085243580086983979S600x600Q85.jpg
Great thread!! I'll have to find my pics though. I've got a 700 yr old loblolly right down the road.
The Sequoias in CA are amazing. I never saw anything like it.
Can't wait to get out there too!
I believe there are only about 10 old growth forests left in America. Two of which I've been too which is Joyce Kilmer and Congaree. Congaree is a very old forest and you can only really access by kayak/canoe.
Snowleopard
05-11-2009, 23:42
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/bigtree/tallest_trees_by_state.htm
The AT in Mass. goes over Mt. Race and Mt. Everett which have about 40 acres of old growth trees. They are not so impressive because they are stunted by the harsh climate, but they managed to avoid centuries of logging.
Snowleopard
05-11-2009, 23:54
I believe there are only about 10 old growth forests left in America. Two of which I've been too which is Joyce Kilmer and Congaree. Congaree is a very old forest and you can only really access by kayak/canoe.
The Five Ponds Wilderness in the Adirondacks has 50,000 acres of old growth forest.
The West Canada Lake Wilderness in the Adirondacks has at least 6000 acres.
The Adirondacks are awesome. I've got to explore the Five Ponds Wilderness. That's a trip that will be a blood sacrifice to black flies and mosquitos.
Even Mt. Wachusett, 40 miles west of Boston has 200 acres of old growth.
Aparently they have found some really old trees in Fundy National Park. They are the ones that were stunted, and in less accessible places, so nobidy bothered to cut them. There is a Red Spruce which is supposed to be the World's oldest at 445 years, but I think people in other regions just haven't looked as hard yet maybe. Not sure.
TJ aka Teej
05-12-2009, 02:12
Old growth* south of the AT near Monson, Maine:
http://tinyurl.com/pswfxs
*due to pro-lumber Maine politics, this 200 acre forest of 200-300 year old trees doesn't qualify for status as 'old growth'.
I know we've joked in the past about the earth first groups and the other far out tree huggers but I do share some of their concerns, and I think everyone does to some degree. I love reading history books about the people who settled the area I live in and how the original forest's were. I couldn't explain it all but if you ever get a chance to read up on the early settler's you should do it. I called my local university and got some leads on the best books on the matter.
Thank you for the pics. Tulip poplars have a history in New England, plus I like big tree pics.
I believe there are only about 10 old growth forests left in America. Two of which I've been too which is Joyce Kilmer and Congaree. Congaree is a very old forest and you can only really access by kayak/canoe.
I had some photos of some really big old guys in Joyce Kilmer, but the hard drive on the old computer crashed and they are lost until I can get back up there...
Homer&Marje
05-13-2009, 06:55
Just trying something to see if it works
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ldP-jp9aBzY/SMpoHmARIDI/AAAAAAAAAhU/yqNw1QcDQqY/s320/06640008.JPG
I took loads of tree photos on my hike. None of the photos convey the experience of being in the presence of a Giant. Here's one picture:
http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=199078
Rare American chestnut tree discovered in Sandusky marsh.
Dingus Khan
05-13-2009, 20:56
Having finally spent months on the west coast (tacoma/st fran and everywhere in between) the trees absolutely blew my mind. I was lucky to be able to see most of the west coast state parks (SD, MT, ID, WA, OR, CA, NV, NM) and was MOST impressed and awed by the trees. I was completely facinated and spent hours in amazement of these behemoths that (i humbly offer) have no east coast comparison. My wife really thought I was nuts, until she also had a chance to stand in the old growth redwoods and experience them for herself.
this was the result: http://picasaweb.google.com/dneilson/TripToSF#5272093437961185810
pardon the lighting, it was dusk in Humbolt...
I really took to having a new appreciation for people that fight for and preserver wilderness areas, I'd love to go back to school for a forestry related degree. I also gained a lot of respect for the harvesting/management in WA.
Of all the sights and sounds, I miss the trees the most....
feel free to look around at my pics - there are too many to post here; they are interspersed amongst the various areas we visited (eg: Grizzly Giant will be under Yosemite etc).
Homer&Marje
05-13-2009, 20:59
Can't beat those trees out west. Got to experience them a few times and can't wait to go back. Something unreal about Sequoia National Park.
Having finally spent months on the west coast (tacoma/st fran and everywhere in between) the trees absolutely blew my mind. I was lucky to be able to see most of the west coast state parks (SD, MT, ID, WA, OR, CA, NV, NM) and was MOST impressed and awed by the trees. I was completely facinated and spent hours in amazement of these behemoths that (i humbly offer) have no east coast comparison. My wife really thought I was nuts, until she also had a chance to stand in the old growth redwoods and experience them for herself.
this was the result: http://picasaweb.google.com/dneilson/TripToSF#5272093437961185810
pardon the lighting, it was dusk in Humbolt...
I really took to having a new appreciation for people that fight for and preserver wilderness areas, I'd love to go back to school for a forestry related degree. I also gained a lot of respect for the harvesting/management in WA.
Of all the sights and sounds, I miss the trees the most....
feel free to look around at my pics - there are too many to post here; they are interspersed amongst the various areas we visited (eg: Grizzly Giant will be under Yosemite etc).
Caboose and I were talking about that area last week. Neither one of us has ever seen it and a trip to hike among the Redwoods might be in our near future. Are there good multi day trips available there, or is it primarily a day hike location?
Dingus Khan
05-13-2009, 21:07
there are so many options; yosemite is great since you can see some sequioas not far away at the Mariposa grove and the hiking is phenomenal. they are different than the coastal or sierra redwoods, being much fatter but shorter. they reach their full height quickly and then just grow outwardly (kind of like us humans...) over the years, the cedars tend to be much taller with 12ft diameters, instead of 20-30ft sequoias.
it also tends to be much drier than the coast/redwood forests.
were you thinking nor cal? if so humbolt st park has some good trails but doesn't really favor the point a - point b hike.
for closer to St Fran either big sur (closed when i was there) or Big basin have mtn-sea trails available. less impressive than the north but easy to get to and still fun
Dingus Khan
05-13-2009, 21:10
i forgot to mention, the Olympics in WA are terrific - either the Hoh or Quinault river basins offer some excellent multiday hikes from sea to glaciers. quite a climate change - go in sept-nov for the driest conditions.
We were leaning toward Northern Cal. I have relatives in Victorville and I have seen alot of the Southern parts of the state when I was quite young. It was the coastal redwoods I was thinking of, but much of what you described sounded like a very cool experience.
Here's a big Buckeye from the Citico Creel Wilderness on the Jeffrey Hell Trail.
Here's a big Buckeye from the Citico Creel Wilderness on the Jeffrey Hell Trail.
I honestly didn't know Buckeye trees grew that far south. Thanks for sharing and it's a pretty impressive tree by the way.
Homer&Marje
05-14-2009, 06:17
Here's a big Buckeye from the Citico Creel Wilderness on the Jeffrey Hell Trail.
Wheres the tree? I can't see nothin but the girl:D
Cookerhiker
05-14-2009, 12:39
Along the AT, everyone knows about the Keffer Oak in VA between Pearisburg & Daleville and the Dover Oak in NY near Pawling. But in NY only a few miles south of the Dover Oak very near where the Trail crosses I-84, there's an equally-impressive oak:
Dingus Khan
05-15-2009, 00:40
tree-climbers dream!
fancyfeet
05-15-2009, 01:15
Here's a lovely cedar in Mount Rainier NP.
gollwoods
05-17-2009, 11:42
the caldwell fork trail in cataloochee area of GSMNP has three huge trees. near BC site 41 pictured in a previous post.
In the northwest ohio area known as the great black swamp there is a 300 acre nature preserve which is the only remaining virgin timber from this area consisting of huge white oaks hickorys and other types of hardwoods. swampy muck was drained a hundred years ago all over up here to make farms but this area survived. goll woods state nature preserve
I hope that link works as I planned for it too. This is a loblolly pine that the pic just doesn't do justice. I am about 6'4 with a good 6ft + "wingspan" if that gives any idea of how big the tree was. I don't know what smalls is doing peaking around the tree.
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/8/6/3/0/new_thumb.jpg (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=33652&c=553)
Walkingdude
01-01-2011, 21:52
That tree was once considered the world's champion Loblolly pine. But a larger one was located just off the boardwalk about 200 yards away. It's even more impressive.
ashleigh22
01-01-2011, 23:32
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v104/75/70/45108451/n45108451_30896513_1377.jpg Ramsey Cascades Trail in GSMNP.
Odd Man Out
01-02-2011, 00:02
Did you know about the old-growth forest just 10 miles from Toronto CA? It's a very interesting story.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n4_v24/ai_16094014/?tag=content;col1
Odd Man Out
01-02-2011, 00:03
Did you know about the old-growth forest just 10 miles from Toronto CA? It's a very interesting story.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n4_v24/ai_16094014/?tag=content;col1
Just to be clear, that's Toronto Canada
jeremesh
01-02-2011, 00:43
Like others have said, the pictures really don't do them justice.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=44548&c=514
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=44550&c=514
Sarcasm the elf
01-02-2011, 01:33
I just realized that no on has posted a picture of the Dover Oak on this thread yet.
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=40904&original=1&c=member&orderby=title&direction=ASC&imageuser=26465&cutoffdate=-1
(Sorry if the picture doesn't appear in the post, I'm having some trouble figuring out the file upload tool)
jeremesh
01-02-2011, 02:45
Like others have said, the pictures really don't do them justice.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=44548&c=514
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=44550&c=514
ok, so how do i edit this to point to gallery pics?
nitewalker
01-02-2011, 08:49
not a great shot but we found this cypress out in the tomoka river area.....
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/1/2/2/6/appalacian_trail,new_york_trip,amicalola_096.jpg (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showimage.php?i=22116&original=1&c=member&imageuser=11226)
Kerosene
01-02-2011, 12:18
ok, so how do i edit this to point to gallery pics?Go to the gallery picture you're interested in and copy the URL (use Ctrl-C to copy in Windows), but don't copy anything past the "?i=nnnnn" number. Then past the URL into your message (use Ctrl-V to paste in Windows).
There are a number of Penn Charter trees within a hour's drive of the A.T. in Pennsylvania. To appreciate them fully, it is necessary to walk right up to their trunks and beneath their canopies.
The Pennsylvania champion white oak may be less than a mile as the crow flies from my home.
http://www.pabigtrees.com