Bob: I won't have the opportunity to get back to the hopbeam for a while. Please let me know how the ents deal with a double trunk tree like the one I just dealt with. I think the smaller trunk is taller than the larger trunk. I look forward to Monica's concert on Sunday. I'm sure the experience will motivate me to start playing the piano again.
Tim On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
