John,
This definitely gets more interesting. I've thought for sometime that the Deerfield River corridor may well be the best in the Northeast, and certainly New England, for tall white ash trees. I'm very impressed. Gotta see it. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Eichholz" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2009 2:59:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Catamount -- a further look My first few visits to Catamount were short, but by getting a Rucker index for the site, it seemed this site has further potential. My visit today confirmed that thought. After consulting the topo map for the area, I selected a steep cove leading to McLeod Pond to look at On the way there I passed many old oak trees in the 95' to 100' range. As the terrain gave way to the cove, there were intermixed older bitternut hickory, sugar maple and white ash, along with a tall and skinny next generation. I was able to find a bitternut hickory to 115.0'h, sugar maple to 115.1' and 115.0', and black cherry at 109.2'. Then I started in on the ash, and the farther down I went the taller they got, until I topped out at 142.3'! Another ash measured 139.6'h x 10.8'c. This area is similar to the coves in the Zoar Gap area of Clark Mountain, except shorter, as it runs quickly to the lake. Bob,if you like we could go out and take a look. I think you will like it! I haven't sampled much in the pines, but I have found a few 130's. An update to the Rucker index: Species height cbh WA 142.3' 6.7' WP 134.2' 9.5' SM 115.1' 5.2' BNH 115.0' 3.9' BC 109.2' 4.6' RO 106.7' 7.1' RM 104.4' 3.5' BB 103.9' 3.6' ABW 103.4' 4.0' EH 102.2' 5.0' RI 10 113.6 John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
