New England's Tallest Tree

Published 2017-09-26
Native Tree Society (NTS) co-founder Bob Leverett re-measures New England's single tallest living thing, a Massachusetts white pine tree. NTS member Matt Markworth measures a second tall pine. See story at our New England Forests blog
(newenglandforests.blogspot.com/2017/09/new-england….

All Comments (21)
  • @tuckerman6288
    Thank you for not disclosing the location - no one needs to go here and check it out
  • @AdamB12
    As a native Mainer stumbling across your channel, this is great. Very comprehensive on the natural history of New England.
  • These videos remind me of why I love living in Maine. I left when I was fresh out of school....spent a few years wandering the country....checking out city life....and then promptly came back and haven't left since.
  • @pseudopetrus
    I plant a lot of white pine here in Ontario. My area has a basic and course soil, and the white pine have done nicely. I have planted many different types of trees, as I plant for wildlife habitat. In my area, we have varied soil moister levels, so white spruce can do well where there is sufficient moisture and red pine seems to do ok where the topsoil is thin. I have had good luck with sugar maple which is no surprise as the early surveys state that this was the dominant tree. I have also had good luck with bur oak, and black walnut. Red oak takes some time to get going in my area, but I do have a few impressive specimens. I have planted many species, too many to list but I have a shag bark hickory coming along nicely, I had nothing but heart ache with american sweet chestnut and bitternut hickory. I don't always win, but my little tree zoo (thousands of trees) keeps me going. Yes I am a tree nut! Thank you for the great video!
  • @MS-37
    Trees in New England are so beautiful. And they don’t burst into flames if they don’t get precipitation for a month unlike those in the west.
  • @anthonyr6286
    In New Hampshire, there's a small section of forest that was set aside by a British General and some trees were allowed to grow. Just saplings at the time and I saw them recently..... Wow! Over 150ft
  • @JohnsArtStories
    I just measured an enormous Eastern White in Swampscott, MA, on conservation ground and it has a chest-height diameter of 11' 5". I thing it might be the tallest. It towers above the canopy.
  • @jxk7712
    I’ve been absent but needing the all of the deciduous growth our conifering friends can provide. Thank you for what you do.
  • @alexgingue7945
    Please make more short films! I love your content about new england trees
  • @jimfreeman5479
    That's great very interesting man, met him years ago I think in Lamb Brook Southern Vermont just love the old trees
  • @jasonm1618
    Im from new york but i gota say there is no other area in the us as beautiful as new england!!! I love being in the northeast!