Kouta! That's so cool! We have a measuring ENT in Europe. We will all eagerly await your posts in earnest.
James P. On Jan 4, 10:48 am, Kouta Räsänen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
