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TOPIC: Hawthorns at John Rock Overlook BRP
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/ab94f665a25a30b1?hl=en
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Date: Sun, Jun 15 2008 10:12 pm
From: James Parton


ENTS,

Sunday a week ago, after leaving Courthouse Falls, Joy and I rode over the Blue Ridge Parkway returning home. I stopped by John Rock Overlook which is located just above Graveyard Fields. Back in 2002 with my then-wife Cheri and my daughter Sarah, we had a picnic there. I noticed the area had abundant hawthorn trees. One near the picnic table was one of the biggest I had seen at the time. Six years and one wife later I returned to measure the trees. The first one is 18.99 feet tall and 2 feet in girth. The second one measured is located near the trail at the other end of the parking lot. It is 14.40 feet tall and 2.5 feet in girth. Numerous others can be found in the vicinity. Joy patiently waited in the car while I measured the trees.

Can anyone on the ENTS list aid in identifying the type of hawthorn these are?


James Parton