Hi ENTS,
Just finished up a great day of wandering across Adirondack Park for the first time.  After a post a few months ago about a news article mentioning old growth at the base of Ampersand Mtn I decided to swing by.  Wow am I glad I did. 

While there I did ring counts on a fallen Hemlock and White Pine.  The hemlock came to 245 rings and the White Pine was an astounding 357 rings!  Are either of these species known to double ring at all?  It was so weird to see trees of relatively small DBH/CBH with soooooo many rings.  I'm so used to the super growth of the Tulip Poplars and other species back in Atlanta.  The old growth of the Adirondacks is so nice especially after all the rain this month- it felt like a rain forest!

I have a few shorts videos of the trees and forest on my YouTube account if any of you are interested:  http://www.youtube.com/user/eliahd24

Now I'm off to Burlington in the morning.  Any neat forests/botanical areas you'd care to recommend are greatly appreciated!
~~Eli