Mike- Having just read Will's excellent Sequoia trip report, I'll bet he's envious of your ease of access to the crown! -Don
> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 23:44:11 -0300 > Subject: [ENTS] Grand Lake Meadows - Big Silver Maples > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > ENTS, > > Yesterday I went for a paddle through a portion of Grand Lake meadows. > A series of channels connects two of the smaller lakes in the area to > Grand Lake, and along the sides of the channels are narrow strips of > forest out in the middle of a fairly large wetland. These strips are > relatively untouched (by logging) I think, and are now part of a > protected area. I'd been out there several times before and had seen a > few big trees so this time I brought my tape with me. > > The highlight of the trip was a nice big silver maple that I measured > at 535 cm (211 inch) CBH. It was nice to see one so large that wasn't > open grown. I also saw a couple other large silver maples that were > right at water level along one of the channels. The water is rather > high right now so I didn't get a chance to measure them - I'll go back > again some time. I did, however, measure a nice red oak at 324 cm (128 > inch) CBH that was also right along the channel but up high enough > that I had some land to stand on while measuring. I've included some > pics of these, the first one is the first big maple I mentioned. I've > also attached a couple pics of a smaller red oak I found leaning over > into the water. It was pretty cool to be able to paddle into the > canopy. > > > Mike > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get free photo software from Windows Live http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_PH_software:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
