Native Tree Society BBS

NTS,

I remeasured the Huntington Wildlife Forest Tamarack this afternoon. It put on 1' in height and 1" in girth in the last growing season. I also calculated the average crown spread, using the spoke method. Here are the tree's current dimensions:

Height: 130.0'
CBH: 77"
Average crown spread: 30'
AF Champion points: 214

The current NY champion for this species scores 178 points, so I'll likely be nominating this tree. Some photos from today: Peace,

Elijah

Elijah,

Congratulations. I really enjoy your Adirondack discoveries/confirmations. We don't have a RHI on the Dacks as a whole, do we? I think we can do justice to white pine, hemlock, tamarack, red spruce, and a couple of hardwood species. But beyond those, do we have a sufficiently good measure of others to do justice to the region's RHI? I hit 122 on a white ash in the Piseco Lake region years ago. That's my best on hardwoods in the Dacks.

Bob

Thanks, Bob.

I just posted a thread containing an up to date RHI on the Adirondacks. If you see any errors, please let me know, and I'll get them corrected.

Elijah

NTS,

On June 29, I returned to Newcomb to check on the White Pine plantation. So far, I’ve documented 14 trees over 140’ in height, though none exceeding 150’; no doubt several additional trees would make my list if I had more time to survey the area. The tallest now is 147’ and some change.

I was also able to get a good measurement for the species height champion Tamarack (131.6’ x 6.52’) and the Adirondack White Spruce height champion (120.6’ x 6’).

I highly recommend a visit to Huntington Forest (and Newcomb in general) for anyone in the area; it’s a beautiful place. Just beware the wide variety of biting insects.

Elijah