Larry: Good questions and thoughts. The limb count will obviously be less than the trunk at stump count since it has not been around as long but interpreting that difference will be difficult. Having pictures (Bartlett is sending those to me) will give some idea but only that -- an idea. Once I get the "monster cookie" up here, I'll look into this in more detail and get other colleagues' "advice". Assuming we can get a reasonable ring count for the limb, we should have a reasonable minimum tree age, i.e. no less than that age for the tree. Thanks for the input.
Vic -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:25 PM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Middleton Oak "cookie" status Vic, I to am very interested in the ring count also. How much different would the limb count be verses the trunk count? The Live Oak growth rates I have seen indicate fairly rapid rates, varying from .125 on the low end to as much as .50 on the high end, radial rates. Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
