Tree News

Today's links fall under the category of largest mass - whatever that means. • ScienceRay posts 11 More Spectacular Trees From Around the World . The last tree on the page he names the "Square Knot Tree," but it's actually a Granny knot. • The California Register of Big Trees is a chart with factual information about individual specimens growing on the left coast. • Similar to the above link, American Forests publishes a national register of big trees. • Georgia has its own registry , but there are no photographs online. • Big Trees Forest Preserve is located in Sandy Springs, Georgia. It does in fact have big trees, but they aren't the largest.

The late Dr. Shigo once professed to me "If you want to be an expert, find the 10 most common trees that grow in your region and get to know them. Really, really, get to know them." Being a smart-aleck I asked him if this was some kind of contest or something. Having no sense of humor for my shenanigans, Dr. Shigo explained that I should make a list of the most common trees on my customer's properties and get to work at discovering what makes these trees tick. So here is my top 10 for the Atlanta region: Tulip poplar Sweetgum Water oak Willow oak White oak Southern red oak Post oak Red maple Flowering dogwood Loblolly pine What trees would you add to the list? What trees would you subtract?