Eli,
Thanks for the post. Jess has reported on this site in the past. I don't remember what he found. But glad to see the new data and RHI. The tuliptree heights are to be expected. It would be interesting for us to tally all the sites surveyed by Ents where tulips over 150 have been confirmed. The 100 ft Quercus stellata is most impressive. But then so is the 140-foot northern red and 138-foot white oak. I was surprised not to see Quercus falcata. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eli Dickerson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 9:12:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] OG Fernbank Forest trip report (Atlanta, GA)- DATA included! oops... here's the data.... Some of you (Jess Riddle in particular) may know about the 67 acre parcel of old growth in the city limits of Atlanta known as Fernbank Forest. I happen to work at Fernbank Museum and have had the opportunity to do more exploring in our forest as of late with my newly acquired laser rangefinder. Here's brief report from my 7 hour excursion last friday and note that all height measurements are NLT from laser shots straight up into the canopy for this preliminary forest trip: Liriodendron tulipifera 153' Liriodendron tulipifera 151.5' x 10.5' CBH Liriodendron tulipifera 150' x 11.0' Liriodendron tulipifera 144' x 12.3' Liriodendron tulipifera 142.5 x 12.9' Liriodendron tulipifera 138' x 13' Liriodendron tulipifera 144' x 13.75' Fraxinus americana 116' x 8.75' Acer saccharinum 100' x 14.8' CBH (2 trunks?) Fagus grandifolia 114' x 8.3' Liquidambar styraciflua 126' Pinus echinata 123' x 6.71' Pinus Taeda 142' x 9.0' Pinus Taeda 138' x 9.42' Quercus alba 138' Quercus rubra 140' Quercus stellata 100' Tsuga canadensis 99' (this was probably planted) Prunus serotina 108' x 7.58' ------------------------------------------- Rucker (10) index = 127' ~Eli -- 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] -- 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] -- 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]
