| PA
Natural Area tall trees and site comparisons |
Dale
J. Luthringer |
| Dec
05, 2002 13:28 PST |
Hi Folks,
I’ve finally got all my tall tree data organized for the state
of
Pennsylvania. I no longer have data backlogged to the beginning
of
October. After my recent whirlwind tour of the Smokies, PA’s
natural
areas, and getting paperwork finished for the park, I finally
had time
to sit down at the computer and start poking in and rechecking
my
results. I’ve attached an excel spreadsheet for those who are
interested in current tree height records for Pennsylvania and
Rucker
Index comparisons for some of our natural areas.
First a short description of each PA natural area I’ve had a
chance to
visit over the last 2 months.
...
The Bear Run Natural Area had no tree heights of any
significance. This
area encompasses 32acres which houses about ~5 acres of old
growth. It
lies along a rocky stream bed about half-way up a valley system
dominated by various oak species. I noted a number of old growth
E.
hemlock and a couple very knarly tuliptrees. The highest
registered at
8.5ft CBH x 111.9ft high.
...
Dale
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