Hi Andrew, I was looking at your pictures on Flicker and wondered about the friction-saver you were using; is it home made? Can you tell me about it? Thanks Peter On 15-Mar-09, at 8:35 PM, Andrew Joslin wrote:
> > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
