Pack Forest, NY   dbhg-@comcast.net
  Aug 16, 2007 13:29 PDT 
Lee and Will,

   We are gradually filling in squares for maximum white pine heights in different geographical regions. We now have 138.7 feet for the western Champlain region with a regional capacity to produce a 140-footer, if only very rarely. Average stand maximums will be around 125 feet.

    On Wednesday, Monica, Molly, and I swung by Pack Forest and I modeled the Grandmother Tree with the Macroscope 25. Its stats are:

CRCH = 15.8 feet (Circumference at root collar height)
CBH = 13.8 feet
Hgt   =   150.5 feet
Volume = 780 cubes minimum

    This is surprisingly low, but the tree does slender down. The diameter at 21.5 feet is 3.22 feet. Some of the largest Smoky Mountain hemlocks hold a 3-ft diameter at over 100 feet. With limbs, the total volume of the Grandmother Tree is probably around 830 cubes.

    The is another huge pine in Pack Forest that is about the same volume as the Grandmother Tree. Its stats are CBH = 13.1 feet and height of 140.5 feet. I didn't do its volume, but I think it may slightly eclipse the Grandmother Tree.

Bob