| Shelburne,
Mass. |
John
Eichholz |
| Dec
01, 2004 18:43 PST |
Bob:
I have been looking around at the trees in Shelburne Falls
village and
at the entrance to the M&M trail off Rt. 2. Not too bad,
especially the
M&M trail part. So far I have:
White pine 128.5
Red Oak 118.0
Norway Spruce 115.8
Eastern Hemlock 109.5
Red Spruce 109.0
Bigtooth Aspen 105.7
Red Pine 103.1
White Ash 102.7
Black Locust 99.0
Black Cherry 97.8
Rucker Index 108.9
(Includes 2 non-native species)
Five of the trees were in the M&M trailhead area. I was
quite pleased
with the oak and both the spruce. There were lots of aspen like
that,
(perhaps some taller) including some with older, deeply furrowed
bark.
Some were at the base of a very steep cliff which I didn't have
time to
descend for accurate measurements. Your database might have some
taller
pine or oak in Shelburne. Certainly sugar maple ought to exceed
100',
and white ash can do better than 103'. I'm thinking a Rucker
index of
110+ is in the cards for this stretch of the Deerfield River,
but 120
is unlikely.
John |
| Shelburne
Falls, MA |
John
Eichholz |
| Nov
05, 2005 18:54 PST |
Bob,
Just to add onto your list of big tree locations, today I
encountered a
White Pine, 134.4' tall and 11.2' dbh, at the beaver pond near
Arms
Cemetery in Shelburne Falls. It is pretty stout and has a fork
at ~30'.
This is Audubon land at the base of the high ledges. I think
there are
a few more to measure. Also, in the cemetery is a 13.2' cbh
tulip tree
at 105.6'. With these trees, I now have 109.8 rucker index for
the town
of Shelburne:
White Pine 134.4 11.2
Northern Red Oak 114.8 5.7
Eastern Hemlock 109.5 7.6
Red Spruce 109.0 5.4
Shagbark Hickory 107.9 4
Bigtooth Aspen 105.7 5.4
Tulip Tree 105.6 13.2
White Ash 104.9 nt
Red Pine 103.1 5.8
American Basswood 102.9 6.3
That is without the Norway Spruce at 115.8'h, 7.0'cbh.
John
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