Native Tree Society BBS

Thanks for sharing. A beautiful video and a strikingly emergent tree. Some of the comments on biomass relative to poplars and elms struck me as a little funny, but whatever. Those epiphytes!

In addition to a single tree (a very large Red Oak) measured on October 10 while visiting for other purposes, I was able to spend October 25 plying the Big Basin area for addition trees of note. I've been trying to focus more on recording large girths and eventually want to compile some rucker girth...

In the past month I've had the chance to make a couple visits to this part of ASP. I'm including now the rest of the western portion of this park (not just that large trail-free block) in this thread. Even though there are some trails around Quaker Lake and Blacksnake Mountain, the density of trails...

Stefan,

Those parts of PA definitely are a good indicator for this area's growth potential. And it turns out ASP has its own answer to "Miss Marilla" in the western section, which I'll post about soon. Haven't found any really large Yellow Birch yet, though.

I've been able to make a few more quick visits to Buckhorn to continue exploring and measuring trees. As of this past week, the large 16.5'cbh Shumard Oak has lost about half its crown. It was interesting to be able to look at the foliage, twigs, and acorns up close rather than scavenging fallen bit...

I had thought Zoar's tallest Tulip might be the tallest hardwood in north america north of the Philadelphia area, and I think typical map projections gave me a notion that NY is similar in latitude to parts of Washington. Never mind! Your Black Cottonwood is further north than the northernmost tip o...

Of the three 160' trees in the area, only two are at or near 13'cbh, and none of the trees measured to the upper 150s that may become 160s are in the 13'cbh range yet either, so I think for now it's just two. That's not to say there couldn't be more to find. 13'cbh pines in the adirondacks just keep...

Hi Elijah, There are a couple snippets about Beall Woods here: http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/illinois/index_illinois.htm Unfortunately in both cases it seems the discussion primarily continued in the linked google groups discussions, and as far as I can tell that's all gone. I was able...

9/13 and 9/14 Halfway Brook R0032165.jpg One long rainy day and one short dry day, and a lot of trees. The upland areas just south and east of the sections we previously covered are full of nice hemlock-northern hardwoods old growth, and even further to where Halfway Brook wraps around to the south...

9/8-9/9/2020 Ascent of Van Dorrien Something I've wanted to do for a while is summit Van Dorrien peak. There are no trails (official or otherwise) up this mountain, which comes in at just under 3,000' and so manages to avoid attention from peak-baggers. Even in our era of ubiquitous information all...