Ed, ENTS,

Ed, I've noticed you have been compiling RGI's on most of your field trips
lately.  This is my busy time of year and I have had little time to get out
in the woods so I've been going over some of my numbers and Valley Forge
National Park, Pa., has an awesome RGI.  If I use trees that Scott Wade and
I have measured VFNP has a RGI of 14.5.  When I listed the VFNP report I
only listed the tallest tree for each species because the list was so long.
Here are the numbers.

Valley Forge National Park Rucker Girth Index

Species                                 CBH        Height   Measurer

Sycamore                             23.2         89.4        Wade
Black Walnut                       18.1          94.0        Wade
Tulip Poplar                         17.8          89.0         Fieo
Common Hackberry            15.6          86.0        Wade
Silver Maple                        13.5          89.1         Fieo
Black Oak                           12.3        101.9        Fieo
Red Maple                          11.9          76.4         Fieo
Pin Oak                               11.1        102.4         Fieo
N Red Oak                          10.8        104.2         Fieo
White Ash                            10.4        108.7         Fieo
Rucker Girth Index            14.5

George