nice! and what's Ganoderma applanatum?
Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2009 1:06 am Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: A Great Day with John and Andrew Here's a stitched image of the 152.3' white ash in MTSF. It's a work in progress, it's getting there. Also added to my MTSF/Trout Brook photo set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturejournal/sets/72157622802852940/ -AJ Andrew Joslin wrote: > Hello ENTS, > Bob and John have covered the details of the Trout Brook ramble and > measuring session. I captured decent photo documentation of the trip, > still working on a couple things like a stitched portrait of the 152.3' > white ash. Until those are ready to post here are a few images from a > fine day in the woods. > > I had a great learning moment when I declared the tall norway spruce > 133.5' (much to Bob's surprise). Even though John and Bob had both > mentioned that I should subtract the bottom sine measurement rather than > add it. From where they were standing they could see that my eye level > was approx. 2-3 degrees below the base of the tree, I misread the > clinometer thinking I was 2+ degrees above the base. Good news was that > once my lower reading was subtracted we were all very close in the 129.+ > range for the height. > > 1. John and Bob sizing up some hemlocks > 2. John measuring a tall red maple surrounded by fallen ash and maple, > the photo shows what hazards these trees face in otherwise optimal tall > tree growing conditions. > 3. Bob getting the CBH on the 152.3' ash > 4. My pen died so I picked up a Ganoderma applanatum (Artist's Conk) and > sharpened a drawing instrument from an ash twig. The sketch depicts > sugar maple and white ash forest on the steep slope high above Trout Brook. > > You can see larger versions of the photos here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturejournal/sets/72157622802852940/ > -AJ > > > -- 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] -- 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]
