It's interesting you should post this; I just got back from a family trip to NYC, and while there I really wanted to visit Inwood Hill Park, which I'd seen the edges of in previous visits. It's a near 200 acre wooded park on the northern end of Manhattan that I'm pretty sure has been mentioned here before. I could only work in two hours on Thanksgiving morning, including travel via subway from 181st to 207th (first time taking a subway to measure trees), so I only barely saw it. I had my rangefinder, but nothing else, unfortunately, subsequently I don't have a big report due to the brevity of the trip and lack of gear. But, I will say, what a great park! There's a northeast facing ravine that I checked out, it's overwhelmingly dominated by tuliptree with an understory of spicebush (Lindera), with a little black, white, chestnut, and northern red oak, red and sugar maple, black cherry and black birch, a little American elm and hackberry, among other species. There are a number of tuliptrees in the 120-130 foot class, with a fair number getting taller. I shot straight up from my eye to get 47, 48, and 49 yards on different trees, so I'm fairly certain at least a couple would be over 150 feet. Girths were 10 to 13 feet or so, and I think the ages of the larger trees are generally in the 150-225 year range. There's a bitternut hickory (one of the few I saw, and certainly the largest) about 11 feet in circumference that measured 47 yards shooting straight up into the crown. I think the site warrants a more thorough visit, at some point. Michael
On Nov 22, 11:15 am, thomas howard <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > Here is my best effort to get the girths of the tallest trees in NY: > > Tallest Trees in New > York State > 11/16/2009 > > (heights in > feet) > > White Pine 158+ Elders > Grove, Adirondacks 13.2 > ft. cbh > > Red Pine 110 Floodwood-Rollins > Pond, Adir. > > Red Spruce 105 Peavine > Swamp, Adir. > > Balsam Fir > 95.6 Elders > Grove, Adir. 4 > ft. cbh > > Larch 100 Peavine > Swamp, Adir. > > Hemlock 126 Kaaterskill > Falls 8.4 > ft. cbh > > Tuliptree 156 Zoar > Valley 10.5 ft. cbh > > White Ash 140.8 Kaaterskill > Falls 10.4 ft. cbh > > White Oak 121.6 Vanderbilt > Estate, Hyde Park 11.9 ft.cbh > > Red Oak 140.3 Zoar > Valley slender > tree? > > Black Oak 106.3 Wellwyn > Preserve, Long Island 7.1 > ft. cbh > > Beech 130.1 Zoar > Valley 6 > ft.9” cbh > > Sycamore 155 Zoar > Valley 8.3 > ft. cbh? > > Black Locust 126.6 Old > Maid’s Woods, Schenectady > > Pignut Hickory 129 FDR > Estate, Hyde Park > > Bitternut Hickory 136.4 Zoar > Valley slender > tree? > > Mockernut Hickory 103.1 Vanderbilt > Estate, Hyde Park 6.9 > ft. cbh > > Black Walnut 124.1 Zoar > Valley > rather slender tree > > Sugar Maple 127.6 Zoar > Valley > 6.5 > ft. cbh > > Red Maple 119.1 Zoar > Valley 5 > ft. 10” cbh > > Black Cherry 131.1 Lily > Dale, Chautauqua Co. about 8.4 > ft. cbh > > Cucumber Magnolia 115.5 Long > Point State Park 6.3 > ft. cbh > > American Basswood 128.7 Zoar > Valley 6 > ft. 9” cbh > > American Elm 120.6 Zoar > Valley 9 > ft. 5” cbh > > Red Elm 120.4 Zoar > Valley slender > tree > > Cottonwood 134.4 Zoar > Valley 14 > ft. cbh > > Sassafras 107.3 Wellwyn > Preserve 6.3 ft. cbh > > Black Gum > 94.5 Wizard > of Oz Oak Grove No. Syracuse 5.3 ft. cbh > > Black Birch 107.3 Wellwyn > Preserve 4.4 ft. cbh > > Yellow Birch 101.1 Zoar > Valley 4.5 ft. cbh > > All height except Floodwood-Rollins Pond, Peavine Swamp, > Wizard of Oz Oak Grove, are from ENTS website. Floodwood-Rollins Pond and > Peavine Swamp are from > > championtrees.org. All heights were measured with > laser-rangefinder. > > Black Gum in Wizard of Oz Oak Grove, North Syracuse was > measured by Robert Henry and Tom Howard 11/15/2009. > > Cbh = circumference at breast height or 4.5 ft. The > championtrees.org site which listed several of these trees seems to be > offline. > I could not find all the cbh figures > > on ENTS website. > > Tom Howard > > _________________________________________________________________ > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one > place.http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&cre... -- 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]
