Gary: I think that increased?height growth will be easier to see that diameter growth and would expect that, especially for white pine, the leader growth could be twice as much as normal.?
Russ -----Original Message----- From: Gary A Beluzo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:34 pm Subject: [ENTS] Re: rain and growth rates? So, given that lateral growth is more carbon-based than vertical does that mean that we should expect greater height with all this rain? Gary Prof. Gary A. Beluzo Systems Ecologist Holyoke Comm College 303 Homestead Ave Holyoke, MA. 01040 On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> wrote: Now that this is year is one of the wettest on record, at least in the northeast, just how much can we expect tree growth rings to reflect this fact? That is- if it rains twice as much as typical, during the growing season, will that result in a ring twice as wide? Probably not, but I wonder what sort of relationship there is between these 2 variables. ? I started thinking about this as I notice the trees in my backyard showing what appear to be greater growth at the top than previous years- especially noticeable on white and pitch pine leaders. ? Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
