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General News: Biggest Trees in Cornwall Identified
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| Susan Glendening stands at the base of the largest tree in Cornwall, a giant sycamore in the village that has a circumference of 212 inches. |
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| Andrea Hamburger, Kate Goodspeed and Bill Schuster. |
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| Students from Cornwall Elementary School picked up a certificate for a white oak. |
May 03, 2010
It’s official: the largest tree in Cornwall is a towering sycamore that sits on a hillside overlooking the Hudson river on the property of Susan Glendening. The sycamore was one of four dozen measured by a group of high school students and members of the Cornwall Conservation Advisory Committee under the direction of Cornwall tree warden Kate Goodspeed and Black Rock Forest Preserve Executive Director Bill Schuster who presented the results at a ceremony marking Arbor Day on April 30th.
The group measured the circumference, the crown and the height of trees that were either submitted by a property owner or identified by the committee. The three measurements were then added up for a final score. Two of the trees measured in Cornwall captured a state title, Schuster said, including a pecan tree at Cornwall high school.
Silver Maple Has the Largest Trunk
The group found that the largest tree trunk (219 inches) belonged to a silver maple on the Bayview Avenue property of Sheldon Stowe while the tallest tree, a 176-inch tulip poplar is growing at a residence on Prospect Street in Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Many of the people with big trees on their property attended the Arbor Day celebration, where they received certificates for taking part in the contest. A group of students from Cornwall Elementary School at Lee Road school received a certificate for the white oak growing at the school that has a circumference of 212 inches.
Public Encouraged to Plant a Tree
Andrea Hamburger, the president of the Cornwall Garden Club, which sponsored the Arbor Day celebration, pointed out two new maple saplings planted near Munger Cottage by the club and the CCAC and urged members of the public to plant a tree this year to replenish those destroyed by the February snowstorm. Town deputy supervisor Mary Beth Green Krafft read an Arbor Day proclamation that praised trees for their life-sustaining attributes.
Tree lovers should be on the lookout later this year for a calendar to be published by the CCAC that will feature Cornwall’s big trees.
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