Steve, Sounds like a great place. I assume you are talking about Magnolia acuminata; cucumbertree. I hope you get back after leaf fall to scope out some more tall ones.
With the heat index 100+ down here in Florida this week I don't think I will measure anything... (Shut up Larry!) Will ________________________________ From: Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> To: ENTS <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:26:08 PM Subject: [ENTS] Whipp's Ledges, Medina County, Ohio 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
