Tim,
The official ENTS name for that white ash is Sweet Thing. I don't know, maybe we want to rename it. I remember that Dale Luthringer got a big kick out of its name when I announced it. It would sound a little funny were we to tell people that we were going up into the Trout Brook cove to remeasure Sweet Thing. I can imagine lots of good redneck jokes around "that thar Sweet Thing that lives waay up near the head uv Trout Brook. Lots uh good fishin, I huyer tell up that a way." Oooh, I sound like myself when I was 18. John Eichholz, John Knuerr, Susan Scott, and I discovered the great tree several years ago. We had worked our way down from the summit of Hawks Mountain and hit the cove of super ash and maple trees. I proudly proclaim that I actually was the first to spot the tree, but John successfully measured it to a height of 151.5 feet. I was hitting lower branches at around 146 feet. On that outing, I never did see the top of the tree. I was too low on the ridge. Breaking 150 was a completely unanticipated achievement for a white ash at the latitude of 42.6. John confirmed Sweet Thing's height in intervening years. On Friday, it was good to get measurements by two different individuals that confirm Sweet Thing's "152edness". It is a solid determination. Ah, laddies, she's a gorgeous lass, she is. Tim, when would you like to make Sweet Thing's acquaintance? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Zelazo" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:32:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: A Great Day with John and Andrew Andrew: I can't wait to get near that ash tree. I'd like to see someone climb that tree. Thanks for sharing this with us. Tim On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:18 AM, < [email protected] > wrote: 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] -- 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]
