Steve, That's great. I wonder if anyone did a Rucker Index at the NYBG Forest? Must be. The Forest Manager is new so I don't know if she is familiar with all the data AND she's getting married next month...so, I decided it's best to wait with my questions (this is really annoying to me...)
I'll pick up a fiberglass tape. I assume Home Despot (my pet name for it) has one (and yes, there is one smack in the middle of NYC!) The Elvis tree took me awhile. All I could think of for awhile was "Flour"ing "Hound"Dogwood, but I knew that was wrong! Thanks! Jenny On Apr 7, 10:34 am, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny- > > The Rucker Index is the average of the ten tallest trees from ten different > species, found at a given site; measure girth, CBH (or diameter, DBH) at 4 > 1/2 ft. I find soft fiberglass tape measures are easier to use than metal > tapes. > > Steve > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ENTS, > > > I did a superficial search to find the definition of "Rucker Index" > > but didn't find anything. Does anyone have a link to a good definition > > or feel like explaining it to me? I got the general idea based on > > Turner's research in WV, but I should understand this better. > > > And, I might as well reveal more ignorance.......does measuring DBH or > > CBH just mean taking a regular measuring tape and measuring the girth > > of a tree at about 4 ft.? > > > Thanks. > > Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
