ENTS,
Robert Henry and I measured heights in the Wizard of Oz Oak Grove:
Wizard of Oz Oak
Grove North Syracuse NY Heights 11/15/2009
Robert Henry and I measured heights in the Wizard of Oz Oak
Grove with his new Forestry 550 Laser Rangefinder.
We measured the following trees:
Red Oak
35.6”
dbh
94.5 ft.
Sassafras #18 12.3”
dbh
69.5 ft.
Baum Red Oak 47.7”
dbh 108
ft.
Red Maple east 18.3”
dbh 110
ft.
Poe Black Oak 50.4”
dbh
98 ft.
Tubman Black Oak 32.6”
dbh
80.4 ft.
Sassafras 18”
dbh
75.5 ft.
White Oak #11 26.2”
dbh 105
ft. – this tree was measured by Fred Breglia with laser rangefinder at 114 ft.
in 2002 – it seems to have lost some of its top since then. It is still most
likely tallest White Oak in grove.
Anne Frank Black
Gum 20”
dbh
94.5 ft. – this tree has a complex crown
with
at least 40 iterations – it is most likely the oldest tree in the grove with
est. age of about 240 years (183 rings
on partial core). It is possibly the tallest Black Gum in NY.
Black Cherry 21.6”
dbh
96.5 ft.
Beech south 20.3”
dbh
84 ft.
White Oak south
edge N/A
78.5 ft.
We need heights
for White Pine and Yellow Birch to get Rucker 10 Height Index,
but we have
Rucker 8 Height Index:
Red Maple
4.8 ft. cbh 110
ft.
Red Oak 12.5
ft. cbh 108
ft.
White Oak 6.6 ft. cbh 105
ft.
Black Oak 13.2
ft. cbh
98 ft.
Black Cherry 5.7 ft. cbh
96.5 ft.
Black Gum 5.3 ft. cbh
94.5 ft.
Beech 5.3 ft. cbh
84 ft.
Sassafras 4.7 ft. cbh
75.5 ft.
Rucker 8 96.4
Numbers and names
on trees refer to 2006 brochure about grove.
Tom Howard
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