Great job, guys, Nice to hear you got some height measurements for the Wizard of Oz grove. It was on my list to visit, since every once and awhile we drive through the area to visit family up in Watertown. I was through the area roughly last year, but only had time to visit Ft. Oswego.
Dale On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:22 PM, thomas howard <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------ > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it > now.<http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1> > > -- > 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]<entstrees%[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]
