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Ed, Jenny, and James,
The timing of this thread couldn't be any better. I had my first
encounter
with devils-walkingstick yesterday. I was measuring trees in a
steep ravine
along the Schuylkill River in SE Pa. I was halfway up the ravines
slope
when I stopped to measure a tall beech and hemlock. From there I
could see
the devils walkingstick under the canopy of the hemlocks along the
small
stream. From a distance they looked a little like young ailanthus,
I wasn't
sure what they were. As I made my way down the slope to measure the
circumference of the beech and hemlock I made the mistake of
grabbing onto
the trunk of the devils walkingstick. A closer look revealed the
tiny
spines that covered it's trunk. I won't be doing that again! I
would guess
that most of them are between 20'-30'. I'll be returning to the
ravine to
measure a few other trees and I'll be sure to measure the devils
walkingstick. Ed, I could try to get a ring count on some of the
dead ones
that have fallen.
George
[George Fieo, March 20, 2009]
Ed & ENTS,
I returned to the ravine with the devils walkingstick and
measured the
tallest one I found. It measures 11" x 32.3. I forgot to get it's
spread.
I cut one that was dead at it's base but it's center and outer rings
were
rotted so I made another cut a foot above it's base and counted 10
rings.
The circumference at the second cut is 10". I saw one that is a
little
fatter but I didn't measure because I was short on time, I was on my
lunch
break. On my way out I saw a sumac in the 40'-50' range on the
other side
of the stream. I hope to return in the morning when I'm not pressed
for
time. Jenny, I took a few pictures but they don't look to good so
I'll take
some better ones when I return.
George
[George Fieo, march 21, 2009]
ENTS,
Here are some pictures of the devils walkingstick and a staghorn
sumac that
measures 10" x 34.7. I don't know why I said it was around 40'-50',
it's
surrounded by some ailanthus in that height range.
George
Continued at:
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/5893517c1fdb2689?hl=en
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