Bob, At about 350 meters elevation, rich cove soil, and cove walls that shelter the drying summer sun, this cove fits the search image for ash to a tee. The ash trees along the stream channel of Meadow Brook are of a different character, and have more competition from white pine. With the right combination of age and site a 150' pine, or at least 140', is not out of the question in some of the seep areas near the brook.
John On Nov 8, 6:23 pm, [email protected] wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
