Will,
I was moving along looking for tall trees - scoping it out. I didn't go down
and take girth measurements. Those are guesses.
As Bart had correctly determined, there are plenty of hemlocks in the 120 ft
class. Lots of work left to be done.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Blozan" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:33:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [ENTS] Forest Park in Springfield
Bob,
What a hemlock! What is the “approximately” stuff ;)?
Will F. Blozan
President, Eastern Native Tree Society
President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc.
"No sympathy for apathy"
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ENTS] Forest Park in Springfield
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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