You guys are really "tiptoeing through the tulips down there....."
Gary On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:34 AM, [email protected] wrote: > George, > > I'm freaking envious. It ain't fair. We want more tulip poplars > like PA has. Anyway, congratulations. A superb site and another that > puts the production of the PA A-Team out of reach. Penn's Woods were > and are something to crow over. > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Fieo" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2009 11:41:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Camp Woods, Whitpain Twp., Pa. > > ENTS, > > Camp Woods is a preserve located in Whitpain Twp., Montgomery Co., > Pa. It is also the site of a Revolutionary War encampment and has > not been logged since 1777. Camp Woods has approximately 23 acres > of mature deciduous forest dominated by tulip poplar, black & white > oaks, and american beech. Trees with a 3-4’ dbh are common. The > largest and tallest tree I measured is a 17’5” x 146.9’ double stem > tulip poplar. The largest single stem is a 13’8” x 139.2’ tulip > poplar. > > <image001.jpg> > 17’5” x 146.9’ double stem tulip poplar. > > Black oak is the dominant oak species followed by white and even > fewer northern red oaks. Cucumbertrees are present in the preserve > also. Other than lawn specimens, this is the first time I have seen > cucumbertrees growing wild in southeastern Pa. The cucumber and > beech trees seem to be the only canopy species that are regenerating. > > <image002.jpg> > > Leaning black oaks. > > Some understory species are flowering dogwood, spicebush, blackhaw > and maple-leaf viburnum. Invasive species can be found mostly along > the edge of the forest. Norway maple and sweet cherry being the > most common. A few sycamore maples where present with the largest > being 1’6” x 26’. Several acres of the forest floor is covered with > a carpet of common periwinkle. > > <image003.jpg> > > A carpet of common periwinkle covering the forest floor. > > Here are the numbers: > > Camp Woods Site Index 11/1/09 > Species CBH Height Comment > A Beech 5’5” 107.7 > A Beech 7’6” 115.0 > Black Gum 4’4” N/A > Black Gum 2’7” 76.6 > Black Oak 10’2” N/A Dead > Black Oak 10’5” 112.5 > Black Oak 11’7” 114.2 > Black Oak 9’7” 114.8 > Black Oak 10’9” 120.5 > Common Hackberry 4’11” 106.4 > Cucumbertree 5’9” 98.4 > Cucumbertree 6’ 109.1 > Cucumbertree 6’4” 118.6 > Northern Red Oak 10’2” 114.4 > Northern Red Oak 9’8” 116.4 > Pignut Hickory 5’4” 103.3 > Pignut Hickory 5’6” 107.0 > Pignut Hickory 5’3” 111.4 > Pignut Hickory 6’3” 117.9 > Red Maple 6’7” 106.1 > Red Maple 5’7” 111.5 > Sassafras 3’10” 71.2 > Tulip Poplar 9’3” 131.1 > Tulip Poplar 12’ 133.2 12 x 100 > Tulip Poplar 10’6” 138.5 > Tulip Poplar 9’10” 138.7 > Tulip Poplar 13’8” 139.2 12 x 100 > Tulip Poplar 12’6” 143.1 12 x 100 > Tulip Poplar (2x) 17’5” 146.9 > White Ash 10’6” 111.0 > White Oak 7’5” 111.2 > White Oak 7’1” 113.4 > White Oak 8’8” 114.0 > White Oak 7’6” 115.7 > White Oak 8’4” 117.6 > > Camp Woods Rucker Height Index > Species CBH Height > Tulip Poplar (2x) 17’5” 146.9 > Black Oak 10’9” 120.5 > Cucumbertree 6’4” 118.6 > Pignut Hickory 6’3” 117.9 > White Oak 8’4” 117.6 > Northern Red Oak 9’8” 116.4 > A Beech 7’6” 115.0 > Red Maple 5’7” 111.5 > White Ash 10’6” 111.0 > Common Hackberry 4’11” 106.4 > RI 118.18 > > Black cherry and slippery elm where also present. While scouting > the site two weeks prior I got a straight up reading with my laser > range finder of 40 yards for a northern red oak. It should be about > 120’+ in height and it’s cbh was roughly 12’. Somehow I missed this > tree on my last visit. > > George > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
