ENTS: A correction and clarification concerning the McDonough Wildlife Preserve. The Preserve is 277 acres and not 377 acres. The area in which i measured trees is just shy of 100 acres however the tallest trees were on the lower third of the slope so i probably only covered about 30 acres out of the 100 acres. Turner
On Apr 6, 12:31 am, turner <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS: > > This winter I was able to measure enough trees in on a tract to > develop a Rucker Index. The tract is a portion of the McDonough > Wildlife Preserve in the City Of Vienna, Wood County, West Virginia. > The entire Preserve contains 377 acres, and was give to the city in > 1980 with wishes that it be a wildlife preserve. Bernard McDonough > had owned the land since the 1930’s and much (70%?) of it had > previously been cleared for farming purposes. He let this acreage > revert to woodland. The other 30%?, which was composed of the steeper > and rockier areas has probably always been in woodland although > heavily impacted by timber cutting, oil/gas drilling, and fires and > lately recreation. Even though it is called a preserve, it is managed > more like a city park with picnic areas, paved walking trails, parking > lots, restrooms, etc. I covered an area on the north end of the > preserve which overlooks the Pond Creek Valley and is bisected mid > slope by the Main Loop Trail. It contains about 100 acres. This > section has a mostly north to northeast aspect and is cut by three > small drainages/ravines. The elevation difference is about 180 feet > from 830 feet at ridge top to 650 adjacent to Pond Creek. All the > trees that comprise this index are below 700 elevation feet and most > are in the ravines. > > SPECIES CBH HT > Yellow-poplar > L. tulipifera 8.1 137.0 > Northern Red Oak > Q. rubra 10.4 122.7 > Shagbark Hickory > C. ovata 109.2 > Chestnut Oak > Q. prinus 7.8 108.1 > White Ash > F. americana 5.7 106.7 > > 5 species index = 116.7 > > Pignut ? Hickory > C. glabra 102.9 > Sugar Maple > A .saccaharum 4.8 102.0 > American Beech > F. grandifolia 6.1 101.6 > White Oak > Q. alba 6.1 100.1 > Black Cherry > P. serotina 6.2 100.0 > > 10 species index= 109.0 > > Black Oak > Q. velutina 8.0 98.1 > Virginia Pine > P. virginiana 5.3 98.0 > Yellow Buckeye > A. flava 3.6 96.5 > Black Walnut > J. nigra 5.9 90.2 > Tree of Heaven > A. altissima 7.1 89.3 > Red Maple > A. rubrum 6.5 86.0 > Persimmon > D. virginiana 1.8 58.4 > Hophornbeam > O. virginiana 1.5 53.7 > Grape Vine > Vitis spp 0.84 > > 114 annual rings counted on downed oak across trail. 4 feet above root > flair > Turner Sharp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
