It depends on why you are tagging the trees. If they grow in diameter quickly (as they do in western Oregon and Washington!), the nails and tags can become overgrown if you do not revisit the trees frequently and pull the nails out enough to keep pace with the tree growth. On research projects that I work on in western Oregon and Washington, we have aluminum tags and we attach them to one of the "plastic handcuffs" that you see used to hold on hoses in cars. We then staple the end of the plastic onto the tree. Be sure to buy the ones that do not photodegrade easily. Since we want to remeasure diameter at the same place, we also place an aluminum nail on the tree to reference the diameter measurement point.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Frank Blau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a standard method for tagging trees with markers? I have > found some supplies (tags and aluminum nails) but I am curious if > there is also some procedure that should be followed when tagging. > > Thanks, > > Frank Blau > Sammamish, WA > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
