Evans Property, Waynesville, North Carolina, July 2008
"Thomas Jefferson" (#21), with Michael Dowd 7/31/08.
2008
Nov 08: Top-down view of Jefferson.
Notice dying lower branch low R corner.
Nov 08: Close-up of dying lower branch.
Nov 08: Sara Evans w Thomas Jefferson (Dowd w Muir behind).
This part of forest is driest: Canopy is all oak/hickory.
January 2010, appears to be DEAD.
EXPLANATION OF THE DEATH: Winter 2009-10 was very cold at our Waynesville area plantings (temperatures near 0 degrees F for extended time, and a lot of snow). Lee Barnes checked up on the trees in early January 2010 and found all healthy except for the two trees that were weakest when planted. This seedling, "Thomas Jefferson," was, as Lee puts it "the runt" of the potted seedlings we purchased from the nursery for planting in July 2008. The photo of the apparently dead seedling, above, was taken by Lee, and he writes:
(All the other seedlings were doing well at the site, despite unusually cold weather): "My friends at Grass Roots nursery near Junaluska measured lows of 0 degrees F. but I don't think it was quite as cold at Lake Junaluska. I measured 9 degrees F. as a low on the porch at my house in Waynesville. By the way, Lake Junaluska is mostly frozen over, I think I've only seen that 2-3 times in the last 30 years."
"The dead plant was the runt of the plantings and has looked pretty weak since the planting. It might resprout from the base in the spring, but I doubt it. I'll look closer at it next time I'm up there. The other weak plant was the second smallest transplant; it does have green needles at the base and I do expect it to leaf-out in the spring. Both of the plants were in the sunnier location."
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