Andrew,
I saw that tree several years ago at a presentation. and was told that it was 132 feet then. I could clearly see it wasn't and estimated around 100 to 105 feet. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Joslin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: "Robert Mayer" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 10:50:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Arnold Arboretum Silver Maple height discrepancy In Boston's Arnold Arboretum there's a large Silver Maple on the left just down main road from the visitor center. It's a classic (for the species) merged multi-stem with massive girth. In February 2008 I measured the height at 108.26 ft. Sometime this year a placard was installed at the tree saying that it was measured in 2008 (presumably by Arboretum staff) and a height of 132 ft. was recorded. I returned today and remeasured, I came up with 108.87 ft. A bit of a discrepancy between my measurements and the official stated height. During the measuring session in 2/08 I came up with one 113 ft. measurement but was unable to repeat it, the 108 ft. range came up consistently over several measurements. If any ENTS happen to get to the Boston area please stop in and take a shot at measuring this tree, it would be helpful to see what some of you come up with. Thanks, -Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
