Tom,
Good stuff. Please keep the numbers flowing. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas howard" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:48:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove Summary ENTS, Here is a summary of measurements in the North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove: North Syracuse Cemetery Oak Grove 12/12/2009 On Nov. 21, 2009 and Dec. 6, 2009 I used laser rangefinder to measure the heights of the large old growth trees in the grove behind the South Bay Rd. section of North Syracuse Cemetery: Dbh(in.) Height(ft.) Date sprouted (cored trees only) White Oak #14 24.6 93 1848 White Oak #15 25.9 102 White Oak #16 30.7 101 White Oak #19 33.7 96 1799 White Oak #21 30 90 White Oak #22 20.7 98 1854 White Oak #23 31.1 104 White Oak #24 24.4 103 1810 White Oak #25 23 104.5 White Oaks #31 + 32 26 + 23 90 (these 2 trees are joined together but are 2 separate trees – one turns deep purple in autumn, the other orange-bronze) White Oak #33 38 89 Red Oak #13 30.7 96 1825 Red Oak #26 30.1 94 Black Oak #27 44.3 99 1819 (largest tree in grove) Black Gum #34 19.9 78 (this hollow tree could be the oldest tree in North Syracuse with balding bark, twisting crown- all signs of age – this tree is most likely about 300 years old) 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. The height of White Oak #38 was not measured but this possibly oldest oak in the grove (est. date of 1734) has open grown form and is almost certainly under 90 ft. tall. Numbers on trees refer to 1999 brochure. This oak grove very likely has a connection to L. Frank Baum as Baum knew of this grove as well as the larger Wizard of Oz Memorial Oak Gorve at North Syracuse Junior High School. The Cemetery Oak Grove was roughly the same size in Baum’s time as it is today, and in Baum’s time, as today, the large trees ringed the vernal pond. This setting corresponds closely to the magical Truth Pond in Baum’s 1909 book The Road to Oz. In the second growth forest next to the oak grove I measured 2 White Pines to 94 ft. and 90 ft. tall, and the largest Sassafras (20.6” dbh) to 63 ft. tall. See the brochure Robert Henry and I developed in 1999 for information about cored trees (cored with increment borer to determine age – study of core and stump data has revealed that the trees are older than indicated in the brochure). Here is a photo of the grove's largest tree - Black Oak #27: Tom Howard Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. -- 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]
