What a great discovery. How well can you estimate the age of a living white pine? I love all the bizarre contortions. Do you know any of the recent history of this forest? East. White Pine is my favorite tree. I'd love to go see some guys like this one.
Thanks for posting the great pix, Jenny On Mar 10, 1:41 pm, Mike Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > As promised, here are a few photos of one of the biggest white pines > that I've been able to find near Grand Lake, New Brunswick. Also > attached are a few photos of the surroundings to give you an idea of > what the forest in the area looks like. Note that there is currently > about 2 - 3 feet of snow on the ground, so the base of the tree is > obscured. I've measured this tree a couple times during the summer and > fall and got a CBH of 354 cm (139.4 inch). It's an amazing tree to be > around and has some nice old growth characteristics. As far as I can > tell there are a total of 8 "trunks" - 5 of which are reiterations, > and the other 3 appear to be from 2 bifurcations. I still have yet to > get properly equipped with a clinometer and rangefinder, so I can't > provide any more data than that at the moment. I hope to try climbing > this tree when the weather gets a bit warmer. > > Mike > > IMG_7996 (Medium).JPG > 118KViewDownload > > IMG_7997 (Medium).JPG > 199KViewDownload > > IMG_7998 (Medium).JPG > 120KViewDownload > > IMG_7999 (Medium).JPG > 208KViewDownload > > IMG_8002 (Medium).JPG > 121KViewDownload > > IMG_8011 (Medium).JPG > 117KViewDownload > > IMG_8012 (Medium).JPG > 188KViewDownload > > IMG_8014 (Medium).JPG > 145KViewDownload > > IMG_8018 (Medium).JPG > 188KViewDownload > > IMG_8051 (Medium).JPG > 179KViewDownload > > IMG_7956 (Medium).JPG > 101KViewDownload > > IMG_7989 (Medium).JPG > 231KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
