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NTS, In January 2021 I revisited Palmer Woods with the aim of updating the measurements Tom Howard and I made in 2015. I also found a bunch of new trees, some of which helped to boost the site’s Rucker Height Index. Here’s what I measured: Red Maple Acer rubrum 110.2’ x 6.47’ Black Birch Betula lent...

NTS, Measurements from the Camillus Forest Unique Area "old forest:" Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 121.0' x 10.00' 120.0' x 7.05' 116.3' x 7.88' American Beech Fagus grandifolia 106.8' x 9.27' American Basswood Tilia americana 110.4' x 6.45' Younger adjacent forest: Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis ...

NTS, As of October 2020, here are the historical tree height maximums in Smith Woods: Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum 53.8' x 20" (Dead) Red Maple Acer rubrum 111.2' x 88' Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 124.7' x 136" Black Birch Betula lenta 104.9' x 87" Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis 121.2' x 88"...

Kouta, Shorea, NTS,

I stopped getting Daily Digests last month (January 2021), so you can add me to the list. I didn't change any of the settings in my account profile. I have no idea what the problem is, but for now I'll keep an eye out and see if the emails resume at some point.

Elijah

Brian, Bob, Bee, Ragged Mountain has two 170’+ Tulips for sure, and probably two or three more. James Madison’s Montpelier probably has two or three, but the tallest there was 172’ when I measured it in late 2019. As far as I know, the 175’ tree is the tallest known in the state. I still think talle...

Brian, Thank you for your help. Some of the nearby Ashes probably are still alive, so I should be able to get a good look at the leaves in the future. This tree looks like a variety of White Ash, and I understand why some people consider it to be just that. The Red Oak was a pain to measure this tim...

NTS, This past week I was able to return to Ragged Mountain and check on some of the trees I had found and measured in December 2019. Before sharing the stats, I have a couple of photos of a dead Ash I ran across. I think it might be a Biltmore Ash, and I’d like a second opinion. IMG_0648.jpg IMG_06...

NTS, I double-checked the height of the two tallest White Pines on January 24, 2021. Here are their respective heights: Pine 1 158.3’ Pine 2 154.7’ These stats are nearly identical (within the margin of error) to those gathered at the end of the 2019 growing season. I think Erik’s weather-related ex...

Bee, Bob, Erik, Pondering the historical size potential of Eastern White Pine is lots of fun, and something I’m guilty of from time to time. I generally discount height figures obtained from standing trees, though some probably are in the ballpark. Diameter or circumference figures are probably more...

Brian,

Welcome. It’s great to have you here.

Elijah