Steve, I cannot ever recall seeing a pin oak over 100 feet tall. Cool!
James P. On Mar 20, 10:35 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice sunny day today, temps in the upper 30's but spring peepers singing > none-the-less, measured some trees in an area named Bradley Woods, in > western Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The area is heavy clay, dead level, and > poorly drained---almost a swamp forest. Generally a second or third growth > woods, with some tall trees (tulip, pin oak) but few large trees. Pin oak > was the most frequent canopy tree, followed by red maple, tuliptree, white > ash, and sycamore. White oak, tupelo, black cherry, sassafras, American elm, > yellow birch, beech, sugar maple, and cottonwood also present in lesser > numbers. Here are some measured heights, although I'm sure the maximum > heights for species are not represented. Many tall tuliptrees for > flatground. Red oak and bur oak were conspicuously absent. A few photos > attached. > > Tuliptree 133 > Pin oak 113 > Shagbark hickory 111 > Red maple 110.5 > Sycamore 102 > White ash 101.5 > Black cherry 97 > White oak 95 > Tupelo 93 > Sassafras 83 > > R.I. 103.9 > > Steve > > Pin oak Bradley Woods 113'.jpg > 59KViewDownload > > Tuliptree Bradley Woods 133'.jpg > 86KViewDownload > > Tuliptree Bradley Woods 133' b.jpg > 83KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
