Marc Along route #2 some ashes are declining and I think I'mseeing signs elsewhere. Bummer.
Bob Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:59 PM, Marcboston <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
