4/11/2024 0 Comments Types of maple trees in nhI wanna measure it to see right next door there is another one in the middel of a cemetary( so it gets extra fertizer :P )both are more 50 to 100 feet off the road so they are fairing much better than the road sides. There are a few sugarmaples in in east kingston (my town) that is an old farm that is about 5+ feet in diameter. Also if you drive in the back streets of Exeter there are some of the biggest red maples some 3-4 feet in diameter. my older neighbors used to tap it as a kids some 50-60+ years ago and they used to fight over who would tap it because it gave the most and sweetest sap in the neighborhood. I hope I can get all the wood from it and I can get a couple of nice slices to to finish and hang in the sugar house. and a PITA to split because it has been cut so much over the years. its tagged to come down cutting up that monster branch was pretty much the nail in the coffin for my old saw. I have a monster right across the street that I tap although its has extensive die back now and lost a branch in sandy that was over 36 inches in diameter the main trunk is over 14 ft or just about 4.5 feet across. There are so many things streesing the trees as of late both natural and man. sad to see so many in such serious decline over the past few years due reciently paved roads in the past 10-15 years that were never paved before and the use of road chemicals. I can honestly say we have some monsters around here. I live about 10-15 minutes from there I will have to take a ride over there. For instance, a swing that hung between it and the house in the 1950s couldn’t possibly fit in the available space today. Even in that span of years, covering only about one-quarter of its life, the maple grew considerably. The Buxtons have resided in the house since 1953 and have an extensive collection of photographs of the tree covering the ensuing half-century. But it is its enormous trunk and expansive crown, particularly striking in autumn foliage, that cause passers-by in great numbers to stop and gasp in awe of such a marvel of nature. One of the lower limbs of the champion tree has a circumference exceeding that of many mature street trees. While huge, it isn’t as massive as its mate, probably owing to the fact it never received quite as much sunlight. A companion sugar maple stands on the opposite corner of the house and was probably planted at the same time. Owner Janet Buxton believes the tree was planted about the time the house was enlarged in the 1780s. The magnificent specimen flanks the front door of a farmhouse that dates from 1733. Standing 102 feet tall, with a girth of almost 19 feet, it’s believed to be at least as old as the United States. The largest known sugar maple tree in New Hampshire towers over a farmhouse on Drinkwater Road in Exeter. Rockingham County Coordinator, NH Big Tree Team
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