Larry,
No old growth in Forest Park that I've seen so far. Mature second growth is all over the place. We'll gradually cover all the hot spots. Bart Bouricius lived next to Forest Park for 6 years. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "x" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 6:48:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Forest Park with Bart and Sam Guru, wow, very nice trees there! How much of the park is old-growth? Looking at the satellite image it looks like it has been quite riddled with tennis courts and ballfields and roads (and on the outskirts lots of apartment complexes and gold courses). Did that all occur in areas away from the old-growth? -Larry From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Forest Park with Bart and Sam ENTS, Bart Bouricius, Sam Goodwin, and I went to Forest Park today to measure and document trees. I'll get right to the numbers and then describe the attached images. The measurements are listed in the order taken. Species Height Girth White pine 131.3 9.5 Pitch pine 89.0 6.7 American beech 100.6 8.8 American beech 108.8 9.5 N. red oak 98.0 12.8 W. oak 103.0 9.2 Black birch 105.5 9.0 White pine 134.5 10.5 White Pine 97.7 9.9 N. red oak 108.1 12.5 Hemlock 131.9 8.8 White pine 134.4 6.8 Hemlock 128.9 9.5 White pine 130.9 White pine 133.0 White pine 120.9 White pine 133.7 Hemlock 113.9 Hemlock 114.3 The two hemlocks were sweet. Description of images follow. WP134_5.jpg shows the 134.5-foot white pine. Beech2AndSam.jpg show the 108.8-ft tall, 9.5-ft girth American beech. Very impressive for Massachusetts. PPAndBart.jpg shows the 89-ft tall, 6.7-ft girth pitch pine. It's a beauty. NRO12_5AndBart.jpg shows the 108-ft tall, 12.5-ft girth N. red oak. A very impressive tree. NRO12_8AndBart.jpg show the 98-ft tall, 12.8-ft girth N. red oak, also very impressive So, to this point, we have measured 6 white pines to over 130 feet and 4 hemlock to over 120, with 1 over 130. Sweet! Bart knows of another section of the park with good potential. There are likely many black birch and beech over 100 feet. We're edging toward a RHI. I now believe it will be between 108 and 109. Bob
