Awesome! I was waiting to hear what you guys were going to find there.
Good to get over 130' WP in that area.
-Andrew
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ENTS,
Today Bart Bouricius and I visited Forest park in Springfield to
assess the park's potential for significant trees and a high Rucker
Index. Forest Park is Springfield's forested park. It cover 735 acres
and has some ravines that harbor mature oaks (white, red, black),
white pines, and eastern hemlocks. After looking at the trees in about
half of the high growth areas, I think the RI will eventually reach
between 104 and 108 for Forest Park. We measured 3 trees that were
especially significant. They follow.
Species Height-ft Girth-ft
N. red oak 105.0 12.2 (12 x 100 club)
Hemlock 125.4 approx 7 ft
W. pine 131.5 approx 8.5 ft
The most significant tree we measured is a large northern red oak.
Its dimensions are CBH=12.2 feet and height = 105.0 feet. It joins the
12 x 100 club.
The attached image is of Bart next to a white oak measuring 10.4 feet
around. Our time proved limited. This is only the first excursion.
Bob
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