Thanks for the heads-up on what sounds like a great book.
On Jan 3, 5:16 pm, thomas howard <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > I received the new book Ontario's Old-Growth Forests as a Christmas present. > This book by Michael Henry and Peter Quinby is fabulous! it is filled with > color photos of glorious old growth trees and forests, and there are detailed > descriptions of over 50 old growth forests with photos of each site, maps of > each site, age of oldest trees, forest type, and preservation status. The > book is divided by forest regions with emphasis on the spectacular White Pine > forests of Ontario, including Algonquin Provincial Park (where White Pine to > 486 years old has been found), Temagami (where the largest old growth Eastern > White Pine forests in the world remain). There is not much height information > and the authors suggest ENTS methods. They refer to a White Pine 67 meters > tall (about 220 ft.) in 1860, and to what could be Ontario's tallest trees > today - White Pines 50 meters tall (about 164 ft.) in Gillie's Grove west of > Ottawa. Old growth oak savannas are also covered including Paradise Grove in > Niagara-on-the-Lake and High Park in Toronto which I visited a week ago; also > old growth Black Gum over 400 years old in Backus Woods near Lake Erie. There > is a chapter with more wonderful photos of the ancient White Cedars of the > Niagara Escarpment - these are Ontario's oldest trees and there is a photo of > a tree that sprouted in A.D. 701! Also a White Cedar that died in A.D. 770 > after living 1890 years! There is a great deal of information about how to > recognize old growth, about salamanders, bats, etc. and other creatures that > live in old growth forests, scientific, spiritual value of old growth, > efforts to preserve Ontario's threatened old growth forests, essays about > various values of old growth forests, and even an essay about a type of > forest little heard about - boreal rain forest by Lake Superior. There is so > much more, including detailed descriptions of species like Hemlock, White > Pine, Red Pine in old growth settings. I highly recommend this book! > I've also examined some trees in Toronto, and I'm including a report about > them here. I did not have the laser rangefinder with me. Lynndale Park is a > park near where my brother lives in Toronto. > > Lynndale Park, > Toronto, Ont. 10/31/2009 > and other Toronto sites Dec. 2009 > > Lynndale Park is a small neighborhood park in the > Scarborough section of Toronto. > > It is near Wood Glen Rd. off Kingston Rd. The main feature > of this pleasant little park is a group of about 22 partly open-grown Red Oaks > and White Oaks up to 50 ft. or a little more tall. The oaks seem to be about > 80-100 years old. > > Trees examined: > > Red Oak 30.3” > dbh > > Red Oak 32.8” > dbh largest tree > > White Oak 24” > dbh should be largest White Oak > > Red Oak 32.5” > dbh > > White Oak 18.9” > dbh average for White Oaks > > I counted 12 Red Oaks and 10 White Oaks. > > Near edges are large open-grown Silver Maples, and 2 big > Black Locusts near Wood Glen Rd. entrance. Black Locust 23.5” dbh. > > Wildlife – Black Squirrels, common in all Toronto parks. > > Toronto has a great many oaks in its neighborhoods, mainly > Red Oaks with some White Oaks; these trees average 50-70 ft. tall and a few > Red > Oaks reach 4 ft. dbh. > > All Oaks in these areas in eastern Toronto are second growth. > > Large old growth Red Oaks and White Oaks are the dominant > trees in Queens Park in downtown Toronto – these trees average over 4 ft. dbh > and have open-grown form as they are remnants from old growth savanna. I > counted about 170 rings on the stump of a giant Red Oak (stump radius over 30 > in.). > > High Park in western Toronto has a restored old growth Oak > Savanna ecosystem with huge Black Oaks. On Dec. 26, 2009 Jack Howard and I > visited High Park and examined the following: > > Black Oak stump 167 > rings 30” > radius > > Black Oak > cross-section 206 > rings 12” > radius – from well up in tree; remains of this fallen tree are next to a > massive standing open-grown Black Oak over > > 4 > ft. dbh. The tree I examined like other fallen trees at High Park was most > likely the victim of a storm. The stump of the tree with 206 rings was over > > 50 % hollow and I could only count 103 rings on the nearly > 40” radius stump. > > Black Oak > cross-section 164 > rings 55” > radius – this cross-section lying on > > top > of a stump close to 6 ft. across, and near a huge standing Black Oak > > with > massive spiral grain trunk and open grown form. > > Tom Howard > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM > protection.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -- 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]
