Steve,
Very striking place! Excellent photos. I continue to be impressed
by the variety in Ohio.
Bob
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On Oct 11, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ENTS-
>
> Went to an area called Whipp's Ledges this past weekend, one of
> several areas in NE Ohio that has exposed sandstone bedrock(Sharon
> conglomerate) forming sheer cliffs and slump blocks. Most of these
> areas are now parks; Whipp's Ledges is one of the more extensive
> areas. There are many large trees especially at the base of the rock
> ledges. This site differs from the other similar sites is species
> composition. No hemlocks are found here, while they are very common
> at all the other similar locations, and Magnolia is very frequent,
> perhaps the most common canopy tree after beech and tulip-tree.
> Below are some circumferences and heights. The canopy was still very
> dense, so I'm sure greater heights can be recorded after leaf-drop.
> Photos attached.
>
> Tulip-tree 11'6"x113'
> Pignut 7'8''x111'
> Magnolia 8'1''x?
> Red Oak 14'x?
> Red Maple 9'8''x107'
> Beech 10'3''x109'
> Sugar Maple 9'2''x?
>
> Steve
>
>
> >
> <Beech Whipp's.jpg>
> <Red Maple Whipp's.jpg>
> <Red Oak Whipp's.jpg>
> <Magnolia Whipp's.jpg>
> <Sugar maple Whipp's.jpg>
> <Pignut Whipp's.jpg>
> <Pignut Whipp's.jpg>
> <Cliff Whipp's.jpg>
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