John
Your finds further illustrate the height dominance of white pine
and white ash at latitudes of 42 degrees and north within New England.
Bob
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On Dec 21, 2009, at 11:15 AM, John Eichholz <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ENTS:
>
> Yesterday I wandered around in Catamount State Forest. I explored the
> upper reaches and west bank of Stacy Brook, at the base of the
> appropriately named Pine Hill. The access road to the forest travels
> up the east bank, and has several areas of nice pine stands, topping
> out in the 120' range, but I usually pass them by on my way to the
> richer cove sites I have found near the lake.
>
> This trip I noticed some taller trees in one of the stands, and
> carefully measured the tallest to 133.3'h x 7.4'c. There are about 8
> trees in the group, all over 120', but only one over 130'. This stand
> is located at the head of the Stacy Brook cove, so I continued around
> to the west bank and followed the brook back to the entrance. In
> several locations, pines worked there way down to the brook, mostly
> following small stream corridors. The forest is quite young, with
> many trees showing juvenile bark characteristics and girths in the
> 4'-5' range. Many topped 120', so this area is one to watch. At the
> lower reaches of the Wildlife Management Area I found a particularly
> nice older pine that made the day a special one. I noticed it from
> the road as an emergent crown, but assumed it was a ways upslope and
> not so tall. It actually is quite close to the brook, and measures
> 144.4'h x 9.8'c.
>
> This 140' class pine fills a gap between the Avery Brook 140'er and
> the Highland Park 140'er, and possibly a couple others, and is one of
> a few known 140' pines east of the Mohawk Trail State Forest along the
> Deerfield River valley. It would appear that with a good site and
> time to grow, they wouldn't be all that rare, but they certainly are
> now.
>
> The Rucker index of Catamount might be reaching its limit, but I am
> still looking for a taller hemlock and possibly a taller red oak. I
> am continually surprised by this site.
>
> Tree type height girth
> White Pine 144.4' 9.8'
> White Ash 143.4' 6.8'
> Shagbark Hickory 116.3' 4.9'
> Sugar Maple 115.1' 5.2'
> Bitternut hickory 112.4' 5.7'
> Red Oak 112.0' 7.0'
> Black Cherry 109.2' 4.6'
> Eastern Hemlock 108.0' 5.6'
> Red Maple 107.5' 6.0'
> Black Birch 104.3' 3.6'
>
> RI 10 117.3
>
> RI 5 126.3
>
> John
>
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