Tim, the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association owns the preserve. They own several other preserves that are within a mile or two from Camp Woods. Steve, the tulips rule here in SE Pa. and we have lots of black oaks. Check out our champion black oak at www.pabigtrees.com. It's forest grown. Bob, I wish we had some of your white pines down here. I see more native stands of eastern hemlock than I do white pine. When I do see them they are few and far in between. They are always in mixed hardwood forest. Pure stands have almost always been planted.
George From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary A. Beluzo Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Camp Woods, Whitpain Twp., Pa. 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
