Ed, I never thought of that. Measuring does not usually require permission unless you have to ask to get on the property to get to the tree, but I guess it ( boring ) physically can damage a tree requires permission. Does that pertain also to tree climbs, as Will does? I know it would on someones private property.
I have heard that the borers are expensive. JP On Nov 8, 5:56 pm, "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James, > > The thing about increment borers, besides being expensive, is that you need > to get permission to core trees that are not on your own property. Those on > public lands, national parks, state parks, etc, often have a detailed > permitting process before you can do anything. For those eon private > property, people don't like strangers drilling holes in their trees. > > 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: ENTSTrees > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 5:35 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnut Grove, Hominy Valley Overlook BRP > > Ed, > > I would love to have an increment borer and learn how to use it. > > The tuliptrees don't have the deep old furrowed bark of the > Cataloochee or Joyce Kilmer old growth specimens. > > JP > > On Nov 8, 5:31 pm, "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/shennan... > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
