Steve, Seeing the photos of that nice beech you have here reminds me of some really tall ones I remember from a hike up Looking Glass Rock, back in summer 2005. They were near the base of the mountain. I need to get up there and measure those before leaf-in come spring. Some may be unusually tall. I wonder what the record is? I have heard that American Beech over 130 feet tall are really rare.
James Parton On Dec 16, 5:24 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS- > > I reported on a different area of this park last March, today I visited an > area east of the first report, which has older and larger trees. Both areas > are flat and poorly drained, almost a swamp forest, with a layer of > unexposed sandstone beneath clay soil(parts of the area were once > quarried). The general canopy ranged from 110'-120' in height, with quite a > few trees in the 8'-10' CBH range---I think this would be considered a > second growth forest approaching a mature stage. No conifers of any kind, > not even red cedar. Most of the understory saplings were beech, with > spicebush the common shrub. A listing of measured species and a link to > photos below. > > *Common name Genus Species Height > CBH* > > Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera > 120.5' 9' 11'' > Cottonwood Populus deltoides > 117.5' 10' 3'' > Red oak Quercus rubra > 114.5' 12' 9'' > Bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis > 114.5' 7' 8'' > White ash Fraxinus americana > 113' 8' 6'' > Pin oak Quercus palustris > 111.5' 10' 9'' > Sycamore Platanus occidentalis > 110' 8' > Beech Fagus americana > 108.5' 10' 3'' > Red maple Acer rubrum > 101' 10' 11'' > Sugar maple Acer saccharum > 101' 6' 3'' > > *Rucker index > 111.2' * > > http://picasaweb.google.com/srgalehouse/BradleyWoodsEast?authkey=Gv1s... > > Steve -- 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]
