Murphy Tract, WV old white oak
 
Dr. Jim Rentch [L] and Chad Smith in front of a 54.4 cm DBH,350 yrs old whose annual radial growth exceeded 2 mm only once! Both Q. alba, in the Murphy Tract of WV, in the foreground were recruited in 1653. Murphy Tract has 20 more Q. alba > 340 yrs in age. (photo © Jim Rentch)
 

Species Age
Type
ID Location Collector(s), Dater(s), Reference(s)
Quercus alba 464 XD 085141 Buena Vista, VA E. Cook; N. Pederson; Pederson, 2005
Quercus alba 440 RC -- PA M. Abrams
Quercus alba  407 XD   Warren County Iowa Duvick and Blasing 1983
Quercus alba 377 XD HW90 Horners Woods, WV; 4 other QUAL > 340 yrs J. Rentch; Rentch et al., 2003a, 2003b
Quercus alba 373 XD DYS08 Belmont County,Ohio Rubino and McCarthy 2000
Quercus alba 368 XD CW31 Collins Woods, Ohio J. Rentch; Rentch et al., 2003a, 2003b
Quercus alba 359 XD MCA13a Mammoth Cave National Park, KY B. Catron, N. Pederson; R. Carlson (XD'ing) and NADEF 2013 Intro Group
Quercus alba 358 XD -- Coweeta Hyrdologic Laboratory, NC S. Butler 2006
Quercus alba 352 XD WW8 Wrights Woods, PA; ~ 12 or so other QUAL in this range J. Rentch; Rentch et al., 2003a, 2003b
Quercus alba 350 XD MT42 Murphy Tract, WV; 20 [yes TWENTY] other QUAL > 340 yrs J. Rentch; Rentch et al., 2003a, 2003b
Quercus alba 330 RC -- Peter's Woods, Ontario, Canada Martion & Martin, 2001; Ontario's Old Tree
Quercus alba 325 XD -- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, NC S. Butler 2006
Quercus alba 309 XD -- Angel Hollow, KY A. Cooper, Cooper 2011
Quercus alba 289 XD HT50 Pisgah NF, North Carolina J.Speer 2001
           
 

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