Thats a great tree. Best looking sugar I have ever seen. On Nov 30, 10:45 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Randy, ENTS- > > Not yet ;) > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Randy Brown > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Jeez, we don't get sugar maples that big in my part of Ohio. How about you > > steve? > > > On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:05 PM, thomas howard wrote: > > > ENTS, > > > Here are some reports about heights in Liverpool School Maple Grove and > > various sites in North Syracuse: > > > *Liverpool School Maple Grove Heights Liverpool NY > > 11/26/2009* > > > On Thanksgiving morning Jack Howard and I visited this awesome old growth > > forest near Wetzel Rd. Elementary School. I used Robert Henry’s laser > > rangefinder to get heights. Besides some very tall trees (especially Sugar > > Maples) the grove has other old growth signs like abundant pit and mound > > topography, and many of these trees have balding bark, shaggy bark, spiral > > grain. Many of the Sugar Maples and other trees are well over 200 years old; > > it was on this site that I discovered the record age Basswood cross-section > > with 242 rings in 2003. > > > Trees Measured: > > > Sugar Maple 22.4” dbh > > 91 ft. > > Sugar Maple 52.6” dbh (13.8 ft. cbh) > > 116 ft. > > (this is the largest tree in the grove, a craggy shaggy giant > > with spiral grain > > and is possibly at least 350 years old – the tree has 2 huge > > scars that could > > have been markings made by Military Tract surveyor in 1790s – a Sugar Maple > > Military Tract Witness Tree stood on that spot – this is likely to be > > that tree) > > Sugar Maple 41.6” dbh (10.9 ft. cbh) > > 121.5 ft. > > massive tree with rugged shaggy bark > > Sugar Maple 30.7” dbh > > 119 ft. > > most difficult tree to measure topmost branch very hard to hit > > 1 ft. 25.2” dbh > > > Cottonwood across road from Comm. Center 76 ft. > > Cottonwood Bldg. “G” Circle 66 ft. > > Red Oak Bldg. “G” Circle 81 ft. > > * * > > Douglas-fir by Bldg. “L” 49 ft. > > Scarlet Oak Arbor Day Tree 12 ft. > > planted > > 2006 > > Norway Spruce end Bldg. “B” 65.5 ft. > > Cottonwood behind this Spruce 80 ft. > > Cottonwood 3rd tree to east in clump of 4 92 ft. should > > be tallest at Centerville > > Court – these 4 slender Cottonwoods are over 80 years old – I > > counted > > over 85 rings on the stump of a same size Cottonwood next to > > them. > > Pitch Pine Woodwind Gardens 56 ft. > > Woodwind > > Gardens is next door > > and this Pitch Pine is growing in a small grove of young > > Maples and Oaks. > > It is the only Pitch Pine in a natural setting in North > > Syracuse – it does not > > seem to be a native tree this far west – the nearest natural > > stand I know of > > is near Rome NY. > > > Tom Howard > > 11/29/2009 > > > *North Syracuse NY Tree Heights > > 2009* > > > -- > > Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > > Send email to [email protected] > > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > > To unsubscribe send email to > > [email protected]<entstrees%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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