Andrew,
Good show. Very nice cottonwood. Have you seen the Bartholomew cottonwood? It is a single-trunked giant. It is 19 feet in girth and a hair over 124 feet in height. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Joslin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:35:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Eastern Cottonwood revisited 3/13/09 I reported this cottonwood in the Charles River floodplain in West Roxbury, Massachusetts a year or so ago. I was never happy with the height measurement so I went back and tried to nail it down. The highest twigs are very difficult to isolate (aren't they all?) with a decent view of the trunk through surrounding red maples and thicket. From two different vantage points I was able to come up with consistent enough results, 110.34' and 110.45', naturally I'll take the high measurement. I had a third measurement that promised to be in the 112' + range but I couldn't get a clear shot to the base of the trunk to finish the bottom sine figure. Eastern Cottonwood CBH 13' 6" Height 110.45 Photos of the tree here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturejournal/sets/72157615035370313/ Andrew Joslin Jamaica Plain, MA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
