"...Diameter was 44" and I stripped..." Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Parton Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:07 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lake Julian Park, Arden/Skyland NC
Will, There is a big pine stump near the bathroom building. I remember that tree. It was quite large. Did you record the circumference or diameter? James P. On Nov 24, 8:18 pm, "Will Blozan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James > > Yep, the tree was felled near a shelter or something like it. > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of James Parton > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:16 AM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lake Julian Park, Arden/Skyland NC > > Will, > > Where did you drop that pine? I would guess that it was at the > campground area. Several big stumps are there testifying of the trees > lost. I did not realize that some of them had been gone that long > though. What was the reason they had them cut down. The area was > prettier with them. > > Over the years the lake has lost a lot of trees. Development on the > shoreline opposite the powerplant really shows this. Part of the > campground was once located there and now it is businesses that are > located there. The main part of the park itself on Long Shoals as also > had a high percentage of trees cut. I just don't understand it. The > whole Arden/Skyland area has really been developed over the last 20 > years. Depressingly so. Long Shoals rd should be called Long Shoals > Highway! Not only has the trees been hurt along the lake but the > available land to fish from around the lake has been reduced about 50 > percent. Catfish had no keeper limit but due to more people fishing > the lake the limit is now six fish. Times change. > > I know what one of those shockwaves feel like. A big tuliptree was cut > down about 400 feet from my old home in Dana. It shook the whole house > when it hit the ground. > > Where is Biltmore Park? > > James P. > > On Nov 17, 9:05 pm, "Will Blozan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James, > > > Nice work! I remember dropping a huge white pine at Lake Julian back in > > 1992. I "tape dropped" it to 125 feet with a tree climbing rope. the limbs and topped the tree before felling the > > trunk. The stub was felled whole and stood ~ 95 feet tall. It had rained > > heavy for several days and the ground was saturated so when the trunk hit > > the ground a shock wave of saturated soil passed through the ground and > > "bumped" me through the ground. It was the weirdest sight to see a wave > move > > through the soil. This was the second time this happened to me. Once in > > Maryland while taking town a huge tuliptree, I flipped a huge chunk out of > > the tree which landed flat as a pancake. From my aerial perspective I saw > > the shockwaves radiate outwards through the soil and shake the surrounding > > vegetation. The ground crew commented on the jolt they felt through the > > earth. The log was winched out of the ground as it had sunk about 40% of > the > > diameter. We had a heck of a time fixing the crater. > > > If you are in Arden I suggest you spend some time on the walking trials at > > Biltmore Park. I was cruising thru there looking for hemlocks to treat and > > spotted some really nice VA pines and shortleaf. The tallest Trident maple > I > > have seen was in there and roughed out over 110'. Nice stuff deserving of > a > > look now that leaves are off. > > > Will F. Blozan > > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > _____ > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of James Parton > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:06 PM > > To: ENTS > > Subject: [ENTS] Lake Julian Park, Arden/Skyland NC > > > ENTS, > > > I have just completed one of the largest measuring outings I have done for > > ENTS. It took 5 individual trips and is of the woods surrounding Lake > Julian > > on the outskirts of Asheville NC in the Arden/Skyland area. > > > Lake Julian is a decent sized lake of about 300 acres or so and was > created > > to cool the Progress Energy ( Then CP&L ) coal powerplant that is located > on > > one shore of the lake. The lake was created in 1963. Progress Energy > leases > > land on the lake to the Buncombe County Parks & Recreation for > entertainment > > purposes. > > >http://www.buncombecounty.org/common/parks/LakeJulianBrochure.pdf > > >http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/esb/documents/FRENCHBROADRIVERBASIN2007.pdf > > >http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Parks/facilities/parks/... > > ian.htm > > > The lake has been a favorite fishing spot of mine since the early 1980s > and > > I have spent many hours on the shore and in boats fishing. I had never > > really thought about checking out the woods near the lake until after I > > moved close by. These are about as close as " home woods " as I can get. > > > I explored 4 sections of forest near the lake ( See satillite image ). > > Section one is on the hothole side of the lake near Heywood rd. Section > two > > is the old lake Julian campground. Section 3 is on the main side of the > lake > > on the right just past the trestle bridge. Section four is the main part > of > > the park itself on the other side of the lake along Old Shoals rd. The > white > > arrows mark these areas. Dark blue arrows on the map mark future areas I > > would like to explore. The dark green one marks my home. > > > I will now discribe the outings, section at a time. > > > Section one. > > > Located along the back section of the lake near Heywood Rd & Old Shoals > Rd. > > This is a mixed forest of hardwoods & conifers. Various oaks & tuliptrees > > dominate along with white pine and pitch pine. Maples, sourwood and > Virginia > > pine are present also. American holly is common in the understory but > > slightly less common than in the other three sections. > > > Compared to the other sections it had the tallest tree measured. A > 135.64ft > > White Pine. I found no tree reaching 10 feet in girth. This section was > > measured last August. > > > White Pine 7' 6" cbh 100.25ft. > > > Pitch Pine 5' 3/4" cbh 95.06ft > > > White Pine 8' 1 1/2" cbh 98.81ft > > > White Pine 9' 1/2" cbh 135.64ft! > > > Pitch Pine 4' 5" cbh 76.41ft > > > Tuliptree 7' 2" cbh 96.00ft > > > Section 2. > > > The campground picnic area. > > > I really did not expect to find much in the way of large trees here but I > > was pleasantly surprised. The oaks, which lost out in size to the white > > pines in section 1 really competed here. One specimen measured over 13 > feet > > in girth and another over 100 feet tall! The white pines also were > > outstanding here, one reaching over 120 feet tall. I found several large > > white pine stumps and was able to get a ring count from one of them. These > > trees have been cut down in the last two years. The ring count was 84 > years > > in a stump just over a yard in diameter. The oldest trees here may date > > between 100-110 years judging by the this ring count, that is if they grew > > at a similar rate. Holly is common on the lakeshore. > > > White Oak 13' 4" cbh 101.54ft! > > > White Oak 11' 9" cbh 97.38ft > > > White Pine 10' 8 1/2" cbh 98.78ft. Massive reiteration and large > branch > > stubs. > > > Larch? 5' 6" cbh 50.90ft > > > White Oak 12' 4" cbh 90.03ft > > > White Pine 10' 8" cbh 123.51ft! > > > White Pine 11' 0" cbh 115.60ft! > > > White Pine 9' 5" cbh > > > Section 3. > > > Past trestle bridge on right. > > > The forest here is similar to section one but the trees are a bit bigger > > overall. Tuliptree is a bit more numerous. Black cherry and some decent > > hickories are present in addition to other hardwoods such as oak. American > > Holly is a very common understory tree. Some with bright red berries. I > > thought at first I might have found a near-record pitch pine but it came > up > > short. But still it came up a nice tree. A tall Virginia pine leaning up > > close to it plus the pines rounded top made finding the highest point > > difficult but I think I got at least close. The tree was just over 96 feet > > tall. Section 3 had more trees over 100 feet than any of the other > sections > > I measured. > > > Tuliptree 6' 5 1/2" cbh 112.14ft > > > Tuliptree 10' 11" cbh ( MT ) > > > White Pine 6' 6" cbh 100.52ft > > > Pitch Pine 7' 6" 1/2" cbh 96.17ft! > > > White Pine 7' 5" cbh 115.11ft > > > American Holly 2' 3" /2" cbh 34.17ft > > > White Pine 8' 2" cbh 108.58ft Broken Top. > > > Hickory 5' 5" cbh 101.76ft > > > Section 4 > > > Lake Julian Park. Long Shoals > > > Over the years this area has been thinned of a lot of trees. Oaks and > white > > pine dominate. Most of the whites are rather small in size but some are > > pretty tall for their girths. Two hemlocks were found. Both were healthy. > I > > suspect they have been treated. Will maybe? Holly is everywhere. Some very > > laden and very red with berries. The park officials really must love > > hollies. So do I! > > > Of the trees I measured, only one topped 100ft. A tuliptree. One of the > > numerous oaks may top 100 also. > > > White Oak 8' 10 3/4" cbh 87.74ft > > > Shortleaf Pine 6' 0" cbh 82.89ft > > > American Holly 2' 10" cbh 38.76ft > > > White Pine 4' 9 1/2" cbh 95.00ft > > > Eastern Hemlock 2' 2" cbh 44.58ft Healthy! > > > White Pine 4' 7" cbh 89.91ft > > > White Oak 7' 8" cbh ( MT ) > > > Tuliptree 6' 6 1/4" cbh 104.57ft > > > American Holly 2' 9" cbh 40.03ft > > > Sections two through four were done in the last two weekends. Section one > > was done last August. It seemed odd doing anything else at Lake Julian > > besides fishing! > > > James Parton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. 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