Kaaterskill Falls, Catskills, NY   Howard Stoner
  Nov 22, 2004 11:35 PST 

Here is the report from my excursion into Kaaterskill Falls on Friday
Nov 19.
I went in the trail and took most measurements on the south side and a
few in the north side.

W. Ash 109' 27.4 dbh
Hemlock 113' 32.4 dbh
S. Maple 107.9' 19.7 dbh
W. Ash 125' 30.6 dbh
R. Oak 107' 36 dbh
W. Ash 141' 38.6 dbh
Hemlock 117'31.5 dbh
Yellow Birch 81' 16.8 dbh
W. Ash 117' 28.1 dbh
W. Ash 120' 32.2 dbh
Big Toothed Aspen 82' 16.5 dbh
S. Maple 101' 36 dbh
W. Ash 111' 32.1 dbh
Basswood 115' 29.3 dbh
R. Oak 98.7'36.8 dbh
S. Maple 118' 24.6 dbh
Hemlock 108' 37.2 dbh
W. Pine 92' 30.2 dbh
W. Pine 107' 26.4 dbh
W. Pine 102.5' 22.0 dbh
W. Pine 104' 24.9 dbh
W. Pine 108' 27.7 dbh
W. Pine 114' 25.5 dbh
W. Pine 131' 35.8 cbh
\W. Pine 107' 26.0 dbh
Howard
Re: Kaaterskill Falls-Catskills-NY   Howard Stoner
  Nov 22, 2004 15:10 PST 
Bob,

The biggest white ash was measured twice from two different locations a
140.2 the second 141.1.

It is a beautiful looking tree with hugh root flare and towering large
limbs, its a beaut!  
I'm not the best at tree ID but if this is not a white ash it will be as
if I bared mine.

A Japanese tourist group was in the area, unbeknownst to me. Their
alarm, at the monstrous noises coming from the woods, turned to
concern when they saw I was the same species. They insisted that I
walk out with them to get some help.
I guess it seemed pretty obvious to them that I needed it. I told them
that I would just sit and rest a moment and think about what had just
happened and that they should not be alarmed because there would
definitely be an encore.

I will be out of town for Thanksgiving and the weekend. I would love
nothing more than a confirmation, go for it!
On the right, just before (maybe 25 yds) you reach the first point on the
trail where you can see the falls, just at the toe of the slope.

Howard
Re: Kaaterskill Falls-Catskills-NY   Edward Frank
  Nov 22, 2004 19:35 PST 

Howard,

Congratulations. It is nice to see some numbers coming out of eastern New
York. It will be nice when you can bag a couple more species and can do a
standard Rucker Index. The average of the 8 species, A Rucker8 index, as
you know is 111.5. Even if you assume the two missing species are the same
height as the shortest measured tree, the Yellow Birch at 81 feet, you are
still at 105.4. You only need to average 54 feet for the remaining two
species to get a RI of 100.