thanks Ed - great stuff! neil
On Sep 15, 12:22 am, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS- > > Somehow, we should allow/arrange deceased trees to to be left to research. > > Steve > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:04 AM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Ed- > > One very well illustrated significant part of the answer to the question > > "What is an old-growth ecosystem"...well done! > > -Don > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:23 -0400 > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fallen Cucumber Tree - Four Years later > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > Ed, > > > Just took a college class past this site today. This tree is fascinating > > even in death. The sheer size and age of this gem is something to behold. > > > Dale > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ENTS, > > > In the late winter of 2004-2005, likely around February 2005 a large > > cucumbertree fell along the Red Eft Trail at Cook Forest State Park, PA. A > > measurement of the tree a couple years previously found it to be 111.2 feet > > tall and 11.6 feet in girth. > > >http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/cook_no...What > > makes this tree particularly interesting is that a tree ring count of cookie > > cut from the fallen trunk about 21 feet from the base yielded 439 rings, > > making it the oldest cucumber tree ever documented. Below is a series of > > photos showing the tree as it is today, colonized by a wide variety of > > plants and fungi. Also a large toad hopped under the log while I was taking > > these photos. There are many photos, but I have hideously compressed them > > for this message. > > > Overview of trunk and limb pieces > > > slime mold growing on section of trunk > > > ferns, puffball, and moss > > > grass, moss and lichens > > > spider silk in a notch > > > slug > > > base of standing stump > > > lichens and moss on smaller limb > > > small birch sprout > > > eastern hemlock > > > red maple > > > fungus on a pine limb broken by the fall > > > Some of you might not appreciate this exploration of the decay of a single > > log, but some of you will. I would encourage each of you to spend a couple > > hours exploring the biota of a single fallen log and see what you find. > > > Ed Frank > > > “To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in > > the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen > > before, and which shall never be seen again” - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > <br > > > ------------------------------ > > Ready for Fall shows? Use Bing to find helpful ratings and reviews on > > digital tv's. Click here.<http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=digital+tv> > > > > DSCN1182.jpg > 32KViewDownload > > DSCN1187.jpg > 60KViewDownload > > DSCN1151.jpg > 57KViewDownload > > DSCN1164.jpg > 62KViewDownload > > DSCN1145.jpg > 68KViewDownload > > DSCN1139.jpg > 33KViewDownload > > DSCN1179.jpg > 44KViewDownload > > cucumber_pan2a.jpg > 155KViewDownload > > DSCN1168.jpg > 43KViewDownload > > DSCN1129.jpg > 47KViewDownload > > DSCN1166.jpg > 44KViewDownload > > DSCN1141.jpg > 74KViewDownload > > DSCN1143.jpg > 80KViewDownload > > DSCN1175.jpg > 68KViewDownload > > DSCN1185.jpg > 48KViewDownload > > DSCN1176a.jpg > 65KViewDownload > > DSCN1157.jpg > 78KViewDownload > > DSCN1144a.jpg > 67KViewDownload > > DSCN1154.jpg > 64KViewDownload > > DSCN1194.jpg > 38KViewDownload > > DSCN1159.jpg > 43KViewDownload > > DSCN1128.jpg > 60KViewDownload > > DSCN1140.jpg > 67KViewDownload > > DSCN1125.jpg > 59KViewDownload > > DSCN1132.jpg > 55KViewDownload > > DSCN1161.jpg > 67KViewDownload > > DSCN1195.jpg > 61KViewDownload > > DSCN1167.jpg > 47KViewDownload > > DSCN1191.jpg > 58KViewDownload > > DSCN1124.jpg > 78KViewDownload > > DSCN1135.jpg > 49KViewDownload > > DSCN1169.jpg > 44KViewDownload > > DSCN1134.jpg > 57KViewDownload > > DSCN1198.jpg > 184KViewDownload > > DSCN1192.jpg > 60KViewDownload > > DSCN1137.jpg > 62KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
