| Weekend
forays - MTSF |
Robert
Leverett |
| Oct
23, 2006 05:29 PDT |
ENTS,
Two days of intense tree measuring produced
some gratifying results.
On Saturday I went solo to MTSF and despite having been there
countless
times before was in for a few more surprises. The catch of the
day
follows.
Subsite Species
TreeName Height Circ
Todd Mtn Black cherry 106.5 5.5
Todd Mtn White pine Squid 116.0 10.0
Todd Mtn White pine Octupus 107.3 11.0
Todd Mtn Black cherry 103.4 5.6
Todd Mtn Bigtooth aspen 105.3 5.8
Algonquin Pines White pine Algonquin Tree 160.1 8.9
Algonquin Pines Hophornbeam 48.0 1.7
Algonquin Pines White pine Karl Davies 146.4 9.6
Pocumtuck Pines Striped maple 43.5 1.3
Pocumtuck Pines Striped maple 51.5 1.4
Pocumtuck Pines American chestnut 47.5 1.3
Pocumtuck Pines Witch hazel 19.0 1.1
Indian Springs Black birch 97.6 7.2
Indian Springs Striped maple 45.0 1.7
Indian Springs Hophornbeam 68.0 3.4
The American chestnut was a real treat. It is
a single stem tree. It
is only the second one that I've found in Mohawk. But there must
be a
few others. The first one I found is a sprout about 20 feet tall
growing
near the confluence of the Deerfield and Cold Rivers.
The Algonquin tree breaking 160 feet was an
equal treat. It becomes
the 6th tree to do that in Mohawk and the 7th in Massachusetts.
The
68-foot hophornbeam is very, very nice. There are a number of
them in
the 60-foot class, but they become scares as hens teeth above
65,
although we have them to 78.2 feet. The three striped maples
continue to
expand the sample of that species and confirm the scarcity of
specimens
above 55 feet. By contrast, striped maples between 40 and 50
feet are
fairly wide spread in Mohawk. The Octupus and Squid pines are in
an area
of Mohawk that I almost never visit. I was happy to add it to
the list
of trees in MTSF equal to or over 10 feet in circumference.
Within
Massachusetts,
RHIs for state forests and park-like properties, public and
private are
as follows.
Site Rucker Index
Mohawk Trail State Forest 136.1
Ice Glen
126.2
Monroe State Forest
123.7
Mount Tom State Reservation 115.8
Bullard Woods
112.9
Laurel Hill in Stockbridge 112.5
Bartholomew Cobble
112.5
Robinson State Park
112.2
Monica’s Woods (Florence, MA) 112.1
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary 111.5
Stanley Park, Westfield
109.1
Hatfield Floodplain
107.4
Bryant Woods
106.9
Look Park
106.6
Skinner State Park
101.7
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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| MTSF |
Robert
Leverett |
| Oct
25, 2006 06:24 PDT |
ENTS,
Well miracle measurer John Eichholz has done
it again. Over the
weekend John remeasured the champion sugar maple in MTSF. It is
now
134.4 feet tall, but remains a skinny 5 feet CBH. John also
found a new
sugar at (7.4, 130.6). He confirmed a second red maple in MTSF
to 128
feet tall and reconifirmed our champion white ash. His number is
151.3
feet. MTSF RHI is 136.2. That's way cool! MTSF's RHI through 10
iterations is as follows:
Iteration Value
1 136.2
2 134.2
3 132.4
4 130.6
5 129.3
6 128.5
7 127.9
8 126.8
9 126.0
10 125.6
When I pass this kind of information on to the
DCR staff, I usually
getting questioning looks or just blank stares. RHI isn't
exactly a
household word yet. All in good time.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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