Wow! Lovely photos of HUGE trees!
Great report on a wonderful forest. On May 4, 9:05 am, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe: > > Based on some research I did during the 1990s, for part of New England > and other coastal areas hit by hurricanes (perhaps every 250 years for a > direct hit at any given location), one would expect about 1/3 of the > landscape to be covered with even-aged stands in various stages of > development, about 1/3 in transition to uneven-aged condition, and the > remaining third old multi-aged stands, usually referred to as old growth. > > For areas not in the direct path of hurricanes, such as western MA, > where hurricane winds were not very powerful, and thunderstorm winds > such as derechos and tornadoes were the common form of disturbance, > probably about 10% of the stands would be even-aged, 10% in transition, > and 80% would be old multi-aged stands. The southern Appalachians would > probably have been in this category, because they are far inland, giving > protection from the full strength of hurricanes, but not so far inland > as to be in tornado alley. > > Of course, using a natural heritage definition of old growth, anything > that had not been logged, then it would all have been old growth. Its > also important to note the 'even-aged' stands after natural disturbance > are very different in character than even-aged stands after clearcut > like the ones that have been done recently in MA, since there is a lot > more coarse woody debris, and usually remnant trees of a variety of > sizes and ages. > > Lee > > > > Joseph Zorzin wrote: > > Question for Bob and Will and the others. Roughly speaking, what > > percentage of the forests of the East - if we could go back a > > millennium- would appear to us as "old growth"?? > > > Of course there have always been fires, storms, clearings for > > villages, etc. I'm just trying to get a sense- if we could go back and > > wander around the forests- would they be filled with gigantic trees, > > thus looking very different from now, or not? > > > Joe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:11 AM > > *Subject:* [ENTS] Re: Kalanu Prong, Greenbrier, TN GRSM 4-21-2009 > > > Will, > > > A phenomenal report as usual. It would be great to have a list > > of all the 20-foot circumference trees in the Smokies. Information > > in email communications becomes too scattered. Anyway, thanks for > > the great reports. > > > Bob- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
