Jenny- No need to freak...you take your $15 calculator in hand, press the "sine" button, enter the clinometer reading, press the "X" button, enter the rangefinder distance, press the "=" button for the first height, repeat the process for the second height, then add them for the height. It really is that easy! Perhaps the excellent treatment that trees get in the arboretums around the nation has something to do with the number of champion trees that appear in tree register around the states that have arboretums in their address..? -Don
> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:12:41 -0700 > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Champion Big Trees at NYBG? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I will have to get the scoop on that Blue Ash. I don't know who took > the measurements. I hope I can learn to measure, but I get freaked out > when I see things like "sine" and "cosine". > > I would have thought that botanic gardens wouldn't have too many > champions because the trees grow more laterally since they have space, > but I guess height isn't the only dimension that is considered. But, > then again, they are always cutting off the lower branches for > aesthetic reasons.... > > Ah! I'm confused! > > Jenny > > On Mar 29, 8:59 am, pabigtrees <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jenny > > > > Botanic Gardens are havens for champion trees. In pennsylvania there > > are a fair number in Gardens. Longwood, Morris, Tyler, Taylor, Awbury > > to name a few. The Blue ash, F. quadrangulata does grow in the east > > when planted. We have a state champ in the Philadelphia area in an > > arboretum. The height is more than likely incorrect, be sure to check > > it. Have fun looking for champs. > > > > Scott > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
