Will: Sorry - no pictures. I have lost and/or destroyed so many cameras my dear wife dares not let me out of the house with one. I guess I am going to have to buy one all my own. Of course I have bought several in the past 5 years as replacements for my transgressions. Turner
On Dec 15, 8:37 am, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Turner, > > Great report- what a beast! I'm so glad this tree got the attention it > deserved. Did you take any photos? > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > "No sympathy for apathy" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of turner > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:32 PM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] McCarrihan Sycamore-Marshaal County, WV > > ENTS: I had a chance to revisit and remeasure this great Sycamore this > past > Friday, December 11, 2009. No foliage to peer through but a stiff cold > wind was blowing. > Bob Hannah, a WV DOF Forester, and I spent a cold two hours measuring > this tree; Here are the results" > CBH is 311.4 inches or 25.95 feet > Height is 117.4feet > Crown Spread is 128 feet which gives a BTP total of 460. > > Some other measurements made: > CBH on high side is 306 inches or 25.5 feet > CBH on low side is 337.8 inches or 28.15' > There was a 32 inch height difference between the high and low side. > The 311.4 " CBH was taken 16 inches above/below the high/low side Both > the high and low side CBH were affected by anomalies which is one > reason we did not go with an average of the two. All measurements were > taken underneath the moss buildup. The high and low side were found > with a level. I could not find the push pin I left in the tree during > my first visit, but it appeared to me we were about 3 inches below my > previous CBH measurement. > Two crown heights were measured. The tallest of the two were measured > 4 times by two different lasers(Nikon 440 and 550) from 3 locations. > Heights ranged from 116.5 to 118.7 with us settling on 117.4 as best. > The trunk went up 49 feet where it had 6-7 main limbs going off in all > directions. From a eyeball guess the diameter at that point was in the > three- four foot range. The tree has a pronounced lean over the > adjoining road. Because of the swollen butt, Bob and I speculated that > at on time there may have been another stem that died and has been > totally enveloped by the remaining stem at the base. Tree has no sign > of decay at base. > Turner Sharp > > -- > 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] -- 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]
