Ed, Yes, I've been to other sites. Most have larger trees than Mt Everett, although not all. In Massachusetts, Mt Race comes closest to Everett. Mt Cargigan in NH and Mt Desert Island in Maine have dwarf pitch pines. I think the Catskills have several spots with dwarf pines.
Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bob, I have been reading some of the associated documents related to the report on Mt Everett, MA http://www.mteverett.org/studies/PreliminaryReport.pdf There are several other mountains that have similar dwarf pitch pine populations in New England. http://www.mounteverett.org/studies/12.pdf I am wondering if you have visited any of these other mountain sites, or if you know of any reports made of these old-growth dwarf pitch pine communities? Ed Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Mount Everett Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:17:26 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom K. Wessels) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't limit the old growth pitch pine association just to Mount Everett. It is also present on the exposed eastern ledges of Race Mountain and the domed summit of Bear Mountain to the south, plus other smaller pockets. I'd guess that the coverage of this old growth association on the eastern side of this section of the Taconics is in excess of 150 hectares. (Mount Race is a mountain summit in Berkshire County in the state of Massachusetts (MA). Mount Race climbs to 2,372 feet (722.99 meters) above sea level. Mount Race is located at latitude - longitude coordinates (also called lat - long coordinates or GPS coordinates) of N 42.082036 and W -73.432063.) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 From: "Robert Leverett" The vegetation communities on the summits of Bear Mountain in Connecticut, Brace Mt. in New York, Mount Frissell, Mt. Ashley, Alander Mt., Mt. Everett, Bash Bish Mt., Cedar Mt., and Fray Mt. in Massachusetts have all been recently examined and the dwarf pitch pine communities are limited to the summits of Everett, Race, and to a lesser extent, Bear. (Bear Mountain, 2,326 feet (709 m), is prominent peak of the southern Taconic Mountains. It lies within the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, and is the highest mountain summit in the state of Connecticut.) Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just one clarification. Dwarfed pitch pines like the ones on Everett, and every bit as intriguing, also occur on some of the granite summits of Mount Desert Island, Maine and the north ridge of Mount Cardigan, New Hampshire. Although Mount Everett is not alone, it remains one of a handful of ridgetop dwarfed pitch pine communities which are definitely unusual. Not Pitch Pine but older Hemlocks: August 6, 1999 2) A hemlock stand near Alander Mtn. I cored these trees about 10 years ago with Ed Cook of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, so their age is well documented. The oldest tree had discernible rings going back to 1620, but the center of the tree was rotten. These trees are in a ravine along Ashley Hill Brook. They start near the intersection of Lee Pond Brook and Ashley Hill Brook and run south along Ashley Hill Brook. I also enclosed a publication where I had used these data to demonstrate a tree ring standardization approach. I suspect that Ed Cook has also published on these data. These trees are confined to the ravine, which is within quite a large section of State forest. Paul C. Van Deusen NCASI, Department of Civil Engineering Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 (Alander Mountain, 2,239 feet (682 m) is a prominent peak of the south Taconic Mountains; it is located in southwest Massachusetts and adjacent New York. Part of the summit is grassy and open and part is covered with scrub oak and shrubs; the sides of the mountain are wooded with northern hardwood tree species.) Join the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community at: http://primalforests.ning.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
