Cook Forest Summary    Dale J. Luthringer    Mar 04, 2004 14:30 PST  Outstanding, That's quite the 'resume' you folks have put together. The sugar maple projection to 140 is interesting. There's got to be a mid 130 class sugar somewhere in PA, but I just can't seem to break the mid 120 threshold so far in NW PA. Here are some respective stats for Cook Forest: Rucker site index: 135.27 # species reaching 180ft in height or more: 1 (WP) # species reaching 170ft in height or more: 1 (WP) # species reaching 160ft in height or more: 1 (WP) # species reaching 150ft in height or more: 1 (WP) # species reaching 140ft in height or more: 3 (WP, EH, BC) # species reaching 130ft in height or more: 4 (WP, EH, BC, TT) # species reaching 120ft in height or more: 10 # species reaching 110ft in height or more: 12 # species reaching 100ft in height or more: 19 # species reaching 80ft in height or more: 24 # species reaching 50ft in height or more: 26 # trees measured to over 180ft in height: 1 # trees measured to over 170ft in height: 4 # trees measured to over 160ft in height: 24 # trees measured to over 150ft in height: 71 # regional height champions (Northeast): 8 # state height champions: 11 # state champions: 3 # species that commonly exceed 120ft: 6 (WP, EH, BC, TT, AB, WA) # species that have potential to reach 140ft: 4 (WP, EH, BC, TT) tallest individual tree: 181.3ft (WP) tallest hardwood: 140ft (BC) oldest tree dated: hemlocks in the 350 year range, may go 450 acreage of old growth forest: ~2000 Dale Home