ENTS,
Over the weekend I visited the woods at Clague Park in Westlake,
Ohio.
It's very small in area, perhaps 20 acres, and right in the
middle of a
populous Cleveland suburb, but it has some very nice mature
trees. The
site is on the Lake Erie plain, with level topography and heavy
soils
with poor to fair drainage. White oaks are the largest trees,
and many
show craggy, almost contorted crowns typical of mature
specimens.
Twin White Oaks - 11' cbh for left tree |
White Oak Crown |
Four
other oak species are present and grow to canopy height, along
with
beech, red maple, cherry, and shagbark; sugar maple is
conspicuously
absent. Canopy height is moderate, averaging around 95', but
there are
many trees 10'cbh or better.
Beeches |
Fallen Red Oak |
A summary of species:
White Oak 112’, 11’
cbh
White Oak 95’, 13’
cbh
Pin Oak 101.5’, 9’10”
cbh
Red Maple 87’, 9’4”
cbh
Beech 96.5’, 7’10”
cbh
N Red Oak 97’, 9’4”
cbh
Bur Oak 94’, 8’8”
cbh
Swamp White Oak 94’, 6’5”
cbh
Black Cherry 82’, 7’9”
cbh
Shagbark Hickory 88’, 4’6”
cbh
A link to photos, which will need to be cut and pasted is here:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=ztade0e.8uzbatwu&Uy=-n1e32&Ux=1
Steve Galehouse
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