{"id":700,"date":"2021-12-14T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/blog\/uncategorized\/pecan-tree\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:33:04","slug":"pecan-tree","status":"publish","type":"cpt_trees","link":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/trees\/pecan-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecan Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94A_Pecan1_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"94a Pecan1 Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94A_Pecan1_JPG.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94A_Pecan1_JPG-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>2153 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster PA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With a trunk circumference of 13.5 feet, a height of 97 feet, and a branch spread of 88 feet, this tree \u2014 native to the southern U.S. and Mexico \u2014 is the second largest Pecan in Pennsylvania. (A barely&nbsp;larger Pecan is in Chester County.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A specimen in Mercersburg PA, with a circumference 11 inches less than this tree, is thought to be about 200 years old (<a href=\"http:\/\/pabigtrees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pabigtrees.com<\/a>). Tree expert John Rosenfeld puts the Lancaster tree closer to 150 years: \u201cSomeone came back from the Civil War and planted this tree in the 1860s, that\u2019s my guess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Saunders (third&nbsp;photo) who grew up in the adjacent house and currently watches over the Pecan, remembers his dad watering the tree when he was growing up. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Last photo shows Sophie Xiong, &nbsp;builder of this website.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This amazing species produces nuts with a buttery flavor so sweet that they form the basis of not only pecan pie but praline candy as well.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"1466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan-Winter_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Pecan Winter Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan-Winter_JPG.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan-Winter_JPG-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"381\" data-id=\"1463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94E_Pecan4__JPG.jpg\" alt=\"94e Pecan4 Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94E_Pecan4__JPG.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94E_Pecan4__JPG-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"541\" data-id=\"1465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94C_Pecan3_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"94c Pecan3 Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94C_Pecan3_JPG.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/94C_Pecan3_JPG-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"541\" data-id=\"1464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan__JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Pecan Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan__JPG.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pecan__JPG-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">John Rosenfeld, Phil Saunders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1461,"template":"","tax_tree-categories":[8],"acf":{"scientific_name":"Carya illinoinensis"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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