John
Yes, quite a surprise. Hemlocks are skinny but tall. May you,
Bart, and me can hit Forest Park together.
Bob
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On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:50 PM, John Eichholz <[email protected]>
wrote:
Bob,
ooooooooh, tall hemlocks, eh? I'll have to check it out sometime!
John
On Jan 5, 8:29 pm, [email protected] wrote:
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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