Larry, sounds like an incredible place! The size of the trees in such a short period of time is just amazing. The info that Ed provided about this site mentions a former National Champion shumard oak that is now down. I wonder if this tree is still present and relatively intact. It would be a great chance to get a volume estimate of the trunk if the tree is not in bad shape. Just a thought.
Doug --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 5:34 PM > ENTS, NNWR is located in Northeastern Ms., containing > around > 50,000 acres of mostly River Bottom with some large Pine > Tracts > surrounding the region. I spent a few days Hunting there in > latter > Dec., so while there I got a Rucker Index with some photos. > The Refuge > has many species of trees- White Oak, Shumard Red Oak, > Cherrybark Red > Oak, Northern Red Oak, Nutall Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, > Water Oak, > Sweetgum, Bald Cypress, Overcup Oak, Tupelo Gum, Black Gum, > Shagbark > Hickory, Tulip Poplar, Shortleaf Pine, etc. A very special > place, > most trees in the Refuge are around 80-85 years old. The > Noxubee > River was coming out of its banks so I was limited to where > I could > go, but still saw some large trees there. First, I went to > The Trail > of Big Trees on the Northern Edge of the Refuge near a > large Tornado > Blowdown( F3) 3/4 mile wide 7miles long. The Forest is > regenerating > at a rapid rate there due to the fantastic soil, moisture, > light, > etc. I measured several Species along the trail. Shumard > Oak, > CBH-9'4", Height-124', Spread-92', Tulip > Poplar, C-7'11", H-126', > S-44', Cherrybark Oak, C8'5", > H-120',S-75', Northern Red Oak, C-10', > H-121', S-70', Nuttall Oak, C- 9'10", > H-123', S-75. The next day I > went west a along the River and got about a 1/2 mile of > measuring > untill the River Flooding stopped me. I measured several > more species > along the way! Shortleaf Pine, C-9', H-132', > S-63', Shagbark > Hickory, C-8'4", H-123', S-64', Sweetgum, > C-9'2", H-123', S-66', > Swamp Chestnut Oak, C-12'4", H-117', > S-87', Elm, C-13'8", H-129', > S-90'. These are the 10 tallest trees I did, for a > Rucker Index of > 123.8' not bad for trees only around 80-85 years. > I'll post some > photos on the file page. Larry > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
