James,
I don't think that a fair guess could be made about the tuliptrees without any
core data from the area at all. I know farther up the ridges along Shenandoah
National Park and farther down ridge tops along the Blue Ridge Parkway are dry
ridge top forests of oaks.
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/virginia/shen2008/shennandoah_national_park_va.htm
One short and gnarled red oak tree, and one not really that large in girth
(around 7 feet), with many bigger ones in the same section, had been cut after
falling on the highway had 215 rings. These are primary old-growth forests
with no evidence in many of them having ever been cut. Your tuliptrees are
just a little farther down slope. They could be young, or they could be old
given the context of their location.
Ed
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. "
Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.
----- Original Message -----
From: James Parton
To: ENTS
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: [ENTS] Chestnut Grove, Hominy Valley Overlook BRP
The first poplar measured was 134.51 feet tall and 7 feet 11 inches in
girth. The second measured was 139.60 feet tall and 9 feet 5 1/2 inches in
girth. Does anyone in ENTS have any idea of how old these trees would be? My
guess is about 100 years.
James Parton
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