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On Saturday, after a program at the Bryant Homestead in Cummington, MA,
my old friend Jack Sobon and I looked at a scattering of large white pines in
Windsor State Forest. A big trailside pine measured 13.4 feet in circumference
and 136.0 feet in height. It is a weevil pine, so its form is not especially
pleasing. We also looked at two other large pines, one reaches 12.8 feet around
and is 123.1 feet tall. The last is 12.3 feet around and 125.8 feet tall. It is
actually in Cummington. Of the three, the last pine is by far the most handsome
to my eye. The first two are contorted weevil-damaged trees. Nonetheless, the
three big trees gives me a new site to investigate, i.e. Windsor SF. I've never
spent much time there. There is a small amount of old growth located at two
sites, but there may be some pretty decent trees along the feeder streams to
the west branch of the Westfield River and along the ridges leading to the
river.
This morning, behind Monica's house, I remeasured a remarkable hop
hornbeam. It has reached a height of 77.0 feet and a circumference of 3.9 feet.
I'm recalculating the Broadbrook RI, which currently stands at 115.0 for
approximately 100 acres. Lots to do. I'm still fiddling around with various
criteria for white pine. Eventually I'll have a complete list of white pine
sites meeting various criteria.
Bob
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