| MTSF
Age Distributions |
Robert
Leverett |
| Nov
11, 2004 11:47 PST |
Tom, Will, Dale, et al:
The fairly youthful forests of MTSF add to the
examples of young and
tall, but I'm reluctant to go too far down into youth as opposed
to early
to middle adulthood. Here's a review of Mohawk's champs graded
by age.
The ages are slightly conservative.
Species Hgt Growth
Rate Age
White Pine 165.4 ft Fast >140
White ash 147.4 ft Slow >180
(probably over 200)
Sugar maple 133.1 ft Dying back >180
(maybe around 200)
Hemlock 131.0 ft Slow >250
(could be closer to 300)
N. red oak 130.6 Fast 130
(cored)
Beech 130.0 Dying
back >175
Bitternut 128.4 ???? >100
Bigtooth A. 127.7 Slow >90
A. basswood 125.5 Slow >120
Black Cherry 125.4 ???? ?????
In the case of flood plain trees, greatest
height may be reacher
earlier than 100 years, but the mountain trees up this way
appear to
reach greatest height after 100 years of age. Regardless, the
greatest
heights are generally reached before onset of the old growth
phase, but
not before a hundred years.
Bob
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