ENTS,
Today I measured more heights in both of North Syracuse's old growth oak groves:
Wizard of Oz Oak
Grove North Syracuse NY Height Update 11/21/2009
I used Robert Henry’s laser range finder to get more heights
in Wizard of Oz Oak Grove:
Rosa Parks Black Gum 20”
dbh
53 ft.
Red Oak southeast storm-battered 42.3”
dbh
80 ft.
White Oak just north of Lennon Oak 23.6”
dbh
95 ft.
White Oak near White Oak #15 22.5”
dbh 103
ft.
White Oak #15 25.2”
dbh 105
ft.
Nelson Mandela Red Maple 24.7”
dbh 98 ft.
White Pine 31.3”
dbh 85 ft.
Yellow Birch 14.2”
dbh 56 ft.
Rucker 10 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.
White Pine 8.2 ft.
cbh 85 ft.
Beech 5.3
ft. cbh 84 ft.
Sassafras 4.7 ft.
cbh 75.5 ft.
Yellow Birch 3.7 ft.
cbh 56
ft.
Rucker 10
91.2
Tom Howard
North Syracuse NY
Cemetery Oak Grove Heights
11/21/2009
After I left the Wizard of Oz Oak Grove I walked to the 1.5
acre old growth North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove. I used laser range finder to
measure the following heights:
White Oak #24 24.4”
dbh 103
ft.
Red Oak #13 30.7”
dbh 96 ft.
Black Oak #27 44.3”
dbh 95 ft. this tree may have lost part of
its top since Bob Leverett’s 4/25/98 measurement of 100.5 ft. or I may
have
missed the highest part of this largest tree in the grove’s wide crown.
White Oak #22 20.7”
dbh
98 ft.
White Oak #23 31.1”
dbh 104
ft. should be tallest tree
White Oak #14 24.6”
dbh 93 ft.
White Oak #15 25.9”
dbh 102
ft.
White Oak #16 30.7”
dbh 101
ft.
Black Gum #34 19.9”
dbh 78 ft. hollow, balding bark,
twisting
crown
Red Oak #26 30.1”
dbh 94 ft. top regenerated after
breaking
in July 1994 storm
This oak grove
has several trees over 200 years old and is a spectacular sight with
so many large tall gnarled oaks packed into little over an
acre. There are not enough species in the canopy for a Rucker Index.
Numbers of trees refer to 1999 brochure.
In the 2nd growth forest next to the oak grove
are several tall young White Pines –
I measured one to a height of 94 ft.; it has 2 trunks
covered with Poison Ivy.
Tom Howard
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