Any sign of ash yellows in Mohawk?
On Sep 29, 9:20 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> ENTS,
>
> Today, I went to the secluded northeastern corner of Mohawk Trail State
> Forest to revisit an exceptionally beautiful red maple, which I previously
> named Magic Maple. I then crossed the boulder field on the Todd-Clark Ridge
> to eventually reach the Elder's Grove. I had intended to remeasure a number
> of huge white pines in the grove, but the canopy is still too thick. I'll
> return in late October. I am presenting 3 images from todays bounty.
>
> Image#1-MagicMapleLookingUp.jpg: This is image looks upward into the crown of
> Magic Maple. It is one gorgeous tree. I spent about 20 minutes remeasuring
> this red maple icon. It has apparently lost some top. At one time, it was
> 118.0 feet tall. Today, I settled on 114.0 feet. However, t is up to 8.4 feet
> in girth. Its crown is broad and healthy looking despite the breakage. Magic
> Maple is one of a number of red maples in MTSF that present Rhode Island's
> state tree in all its splendor. Just for the heck of it, I measured Magic
> Maple using the tangent method and got 128.3 feet. My level distance to the
> trunk was 104 feet and I was 26 feet higher than the base, so my vantage
> point was quite good. Beware the tangent method.
>
> Image#2-WhiteAshes.jpg: Clark Ridge is awash in tall, straight white ashes,
> quite a few over 130 feet and 5 or 6 over 140. Most are between 6 and 9 feet
> in girth. However, one large old white ash with a dying crown measures 12.5
> feet in girth and 111.3 feet in height. I photographed it, but the images are
> poor. I decided against climbing the ridge into the old growth to visit
> another great white ash. When the canopy thins out, I'll remeasure the Ash
> Queen (or King) high on the ridge in the boulder field. It was right at 148.0
> feet the last time I measured it. I hope it hasn't lost crown. This is the
> ash that Drs Tom Wessels and Rick Van de Poll and I measured about 10 or 11
> years ago. Time flies.
>
> Image#3-EldersGrove.jpg: The emergent white pines in the last image form the
> incomparable Elders Grove, home of Saheda, Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, Sitting
> Bull, Sacajawea, and others. I remeasured Tecumseh's girth today and got a
> solid 12.0 feet. Its height will be confirmed later. At this point I have it
> between 164.0 and 164.4 feet. The pines in the Elders Grove are between 160
> and 190 years old. Tecumseh is New England's only 12-foot girth and 50-meter
> tall tree. It is one of only two 12-foot girth and 160-foot tall trees in New
> England. The other tree is the Henry David Thoreau Pine in Monroe State
> Forest. In terms of thresholds, the 12 x 160 Club seems to make sense as the
> measure of truly great white pines. I'm not so sure about 12 ft x 50 meters
> threshold. Sounds a little too manipulative. There are no 4-meter x 50-meter
> trees in New England that we know of. It is possible that Tecumseh and Saheda
> could eventually reach 13.1 feet in girth, but I won't be around if and when
> it happens. If they make it, it will likely take them 25 to 35 years.
>
> As a final bit of information, I measured a new sugar maple, i.e. new in the
> sense that I had not previously measured it. It is young and very healthy. It
> measures 7.8 feet in girth and is 128.6 feet in height. It is a tree to
> watch. Unfortunately, my photos of it turned out poorly. Tim Zelazo, I need
> your photographic talents, buddy. I'm screwing up royally. So many trees to
> measure and photographically doument. So little time.
>
> Bob
>
> MagicMapleLookingUp.jpg
> 766KViewDownload
>
> WhiteAshes.jpg
> 602KViewDownload
>
> ElderGrove.jpg
> 429KViewDownload
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