Will, You definitely should join the WNTS. You have had a few trips to the western United States and the descriptions are certainly worth sharing with members of WNTS. I forwarded your comments on your climb to the group. Funding and climbing this tall white fir in California and Bob's findings in Colorado demonstrate how for many species the surface has barely bee touched with respect to their maximum heights. The same can be sad for the maximum ages for most species, and many other ecological concepts and measurements. Sounds like you had a great trip.
Ed Frank "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Frank To: Western Native Tree Society Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:39 PM Subject: [WNTS] Re: California White Fir From: Will Blozan To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Scattered ENTS Don, The fir was in old-growth among the largest sequoias and the second growth sequioa was on a very productive site with several old-growth relics just under or lightly over 300’. In fact, the tallest second- growth tree was growing across the stream from a ~298 footer. The Whitaker Forest was one of the first groves ever cut so it is also the oldest second-growth from which to sample. The Converse Basin was cut around the same time but the folks I was with feel the site was not as productive as the groves on Redwood Mountain. BTW, Whitaker Forest is adjacent to and contiguous with the Redwood Canyon Grove (Kings Canyon NP- largest grove left on earth). Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
