I remember, Bob, But I was really hoping we were going to be able to pass this dubious honor onto Carl "Rain Man" Harting. We're currently looking at a 30-40% chance of rain on Friday... I'll take bugs over rain this weekend.
Dale On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > Dale, > > For many years I was known as Low Pressure Leverett. Not sure about the > bugs. I'll do my best. In terms of rain, though, maybe Carl and I can team > up and create some real shore nuff toad stranglers. > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 29, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Dale Luthringer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ed, > > Here's our current stats for King & Baker Islands: > > *King Island* > *Species CBH Height* > > Am. basswood 7.2 90.1+ > bitternut hickory 11.1 108 > black willow 7.8 60.1 > butternut 6.5 69.1+ > dotted hawthorne 6.1(below DBH) 39.3 > silver maple 18.1 104.3 > silver maple 9.7 120.1 > slipper elm 6.4 94.7 > sycamore 14.2 120 > sycamore 7.9 136 > white ash 4.3 81.1+ > > *Baker Island* > *Species CBH Height* > > Am. basswood 8.7 72.1+ > bitternut hickory 10.2 102.2 > bitternut hickory 5.9 117.1+ > black locust 4.5 72+ > butternut 8.8 54+ > common hackberry 9.7 81.6 > dotted hawthorne 6.5(at 1.4ft up) 25 > silver maple 12.3(2x) 84+ > sugar maple 7.9 78 > sycamore 13.8 117 > sycamore 12.1 147.7 (6/18/08) > yellow birch 6 N/A > > Also, Ents, > > These islands tend to have a good 3-5ft herbaceous layer, so dress > accordingly. Just keep an eye out for Tony Kelly & his machette... One can > never be too prepared when we disappear into the bush. I just disappear, > Tony brings his machette, Ed loses his gadgets, and Carl usually brings the > rain. I assume Bob will bring the bugs. Hey, gotta keep all your bases > covered... > > Dale > > > On 9/27/09, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ENTS, >> >> For those of you on planning to attend the canoe trip on this Friday >> before the ENTS Rendezvous, I wanted to give you a couple of comments. The >> first Island we will be visiting is King Island. It is one that can be >> waded to from the west bank. The west bank is a relatively wide flood >> plain. If you look on air photos of the flood plain you can see the traces >> of several channels that cut across it indicating previous river courses and >> the the overall evolution of the feature over time. One thing we need to do >> while on king Island is to finish up the Rucker Index. We have measurements >> for eight species, and more are present, but we just have not measured >> them. >> We have Silver Maple (104.3), Black Willow, White Ash, Bitternut Hickory, >> Sycamore (120), Basswood, Hawthorn Dotted (39.3), Slippery Elm, Black >> Locust, and Butternut (66.1) noted on the island.The dotted hawthorn is the >> national champ by points. There are surely other species on the island, >> including at least another species of hawthorn and some cherries.. There is >> potential for taller trees than we have measured and there are more species >> to be measured. The one single stem Silver Maple is truly spectacular. The >> other thing for King and Baker is to see if there is regeneration of the >> silver maples and sycamores in the flood zone of the island. >> >> Baker Island is the second island to be visited. it contains a 147 feet >> tall sycamore. The downstream end of the island was hit by a tornado in >> 1995 (Dale has a photo from a book). There is a neat fat basswood that was >> broken off at about 60 feet by the winds. I lost a measuring tape near the >> downstream end of the island. Maybe we can still find it. A broken top >> yellow birch is found on the left bank looking downstream at the side of the >> tornado area. it was not measured for height (maybe 25 feet) but does >> represent one of the few yellow birches known for the islands. Also check >> out the butternuts that were broken of by the tornado ad are now resprouting >> in the canary grass fields, and the really really nice hawthorns. >> >> See you all there Friday morning. >> >> Ed >> >> >> "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey >> every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving >> nature...I couldn't live with myself" - Professor Hubert Farnsworth >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
