Tim,
If the hornbeam is over 70 feet, it is an exclusive club. The current Mass champion is 77 feet and a fraction. It grows in, guess where? Yep, in Mohawk. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Zelazo" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 2, 2009 5:35:36 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Hophornbeam the Ironwood of the Northeast ENTS: Since my office isn't far from the Hophornbeam, I ate my lunch while I was trying to get some data for the team. The Ironwood tree looks like two trees; the main trunk has a 26" dbh with a 67" cbh. The second smaller trunk has a 12" dbh with a 40" cbh. Directly across the trail is another 12" dbh Ironwood with a 40" cbh. There are ironwood trees are all around the parent/crop/seed tree. I took my PM Clinometer Height Meter Suunto with me because I didn't bring my climbing equipment (my schedule didn't allow it), and I tried to use the instrument to determine the height of the Hophornbeam. When I calculated 104 feet (120/100 x 82 + 5 1/2 ft = 103.9") , I realized I was doing something wrong. The height of the tree looks about 75 feet so I'll have to climb it before I can report the height. Since I couldn't pass my calculus, I couldn't be a forester. Math is like a foreign language to me and I'll struggle with it the rest of my life. No big deal! Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
