ENTS, James Parton placed to his message (below) a link to my report on big Norway Spruces in Montenegro. I write there I don't measure tree heights. Well, I have finally bought Nikon Laser 550AS and will travel some day to Montenegro to measure the trees. Maybe next summer if I have enough time. In my report I wrote they could be even 60 metres tall... Until now most of the trees I have measured have been ~10% TALLER than I had estimated, but they all have been in the height class ~100 feet. I haven't had yet possibility to measure really tall trees. Let's see...
I was surprised how easy it's to measure heights with 550AS and how compact it is. It is certainly one of my best buys in this sector and I would like to thank all ENTS for inspiring me to measure heights (special thanks to Ed for equipment recommendations). Until now, I have often estimated "that tree could be about 40 metres" and so on. The only downside is that I didn't buy it earlier. For example, last summer I was in western Canada, and it would have been great to know how tall those magnificent conifers really were. - Kouta On 4 tammi, 05:23, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Gaines, > > Oddly enough, Will Blozan and I were e-mailing back and forth > discussing Norway Spruce this afternoon. They are among the most > beautiful of conifers. I intend to measure some in the near future in > the Bent Creek Experimental Forest here in WNC. I read somewhere that > some of these were planted back in the late 1920s. They probably > aren't giants but they have had a bit of time to grow and some may be > present that are over 100 feet tall. > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/20090104-n... > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/worldtrees/europe/20081221-norwayspr... > > James P. -- 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]
