| Connecticut:
140
above and below |
dbhg-@comcast.net |
| Oct
02, 2003 17:06 PDT |
ENTS:
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Connecticut may have a 150-footer somewhere,
but I haven't received any leads. Nor have I received any leads
on anything in Rhode Island. The Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT
once had many pines over 150 feet. I suspect they had 20 to 30.
Close by Ballyhack had some 140-footers before the July 1989
blowdown. It now has one. Connecticut's state-managed Gold Pines
are relative light weights. The site their on may not produce
150-footers, but at present, they're the Nutmeg State's premier
stand.
Although, I'm primarily interested in
stands of pines in the 140-foot class, I'll settle for less. One
hundred and thirty-footers are worthwhile to explore in New
England. Below 120 though, white pines with any age on them at
all are commonplace throughout most of southern and central New
England and are common as weeds in western Massachusetts and
Connecticut.
Although dimensional thresholds are
arbitrary, it can be a lot of fun to explore data hunting for
special categories and classifications that seem to form natural
groupings. More on this subject in a future e-mail.
Bob
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