Will, Dang, I guess you are right. One of them suckers grabbed on to my leg yesterday. Luckily I had a big staff and knocked it off before it could chew off my leg and Lord knows what else. Earthworms in these parts grow big. Wow, this coffee is strong!
Bob -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> > > Bob, > > Duh, it's the earthworms lowering the soil level. > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 12:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Shrub-layer an empty niche? > > > ENTS, > > On the short daylight hours of winter, what does one do with one's time? > Why, Bob, you say, what a silly question! Why, measure trees of course. > And, that folks is exactly what I've been doing, but with a specific purpose > in mind. I am comparing summertime with wintertime measurements of trees in > our wooded lot. One tree occupied the spotlight this morning - the Monica > Tuliptree. In summer, the crown is full and prevents full laser penetration > to the higher, farther twigs. This is the rule rather than the exception > with tuliptree and makes the species difficult to measure to the absolute > top. > My summer measurements of the Monica tuliptree range from 121 to 123 > feet, depending on my exact location, with 123 utilizing the most optimistic > readings from my instruments. Today's winter measurement were taken from the > second floor of our home, looking out a window that provides an unobstructed > view of both base and crown. At the point of measurement, I was 43.5 feet > above the base of the tree. The height I got (with repetition) was 125.4 > feet. By being at a higher location than on the deck by 10 feet and shooting > in the winter, I am able to see twigs farther into the crown and hit higher > points. BTW, I used both the Prostaff 440 and Prostaff 550 and got > measurements that were in agreement. > In our discussions about tree measuring, we have often acknowledged > that winter is the best time to measure hardwoods and I can certainly verify > that. Monica's tuliptree gets frequent re-measurements and is one of several > dozen trees I use to keep tabs on the range of readings I can get from > casual measurements taken at different times of the year. > The wintertime measurement of Monica's tuliptree puts the slender tree > in the 125 Club. It shares this distinction with 3 other trees, two white > pines and another tuliptree. Altogether, there are 6 trees on Monica's > property that exceed 120 feet in height. None of our surrounding neighbors > with private property can lay claim to the same. Not bloody bad, folks. Not > bloody bad. > > Bob > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
