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Some (relatively) huge dogwood trees here
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Jim Becker
I agree with John and although I haven't cut much of it, everything on my property as well as anything visible in my local geography are trees that are more of a "large shrub" than a "tree". I have several that while 15-20' tall, are only about 4-5" in diameter outside of at the very base, and that's because they are really old. ...
We must have plenty of dog food in the soil here. I walked out and looked closer at a few dogwood trees I've noticed on the property but never examined carefully.
This one is 12" to 14" in diameter over 6-7' The crotch looks perfect from the outside and may be wide enough to cut a 14-15" circle. Even the branches above the crotch are 8-9"+ in diameter. This tree is over 45' tall. The ruler leaning at the base is 24".
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The second one I measured is a little bigger in diameter (47" circumference at near the ground) and the trunk is longer to the first branches, but the branches are smaller and the tree is not as tall, maybe 25-30'. The crotch doesn't look useful.
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I checked a third tree but it had a holly and some other growth around it so I couldn't get close enough to measure. There's another one 30' from the shop that looks larger in diameter but the main trunk is pretty short.
All of these trees are just inside the woods at the edge of fields where the soil is good and they get plenty of light. Those further under the big trees don't anywhere this big. There are probably 100s of small dogwoods. I noticed a 20" persimmon too.
I cut up trees here that come down in storms or have to be removed, but not for the wood. I'm tempted to break my rule for one of these trees since by the time one dies, I may be too old to use it after waiting years for the wood to dry!
JKJ