Gladwyne PA

Gladwyne, PA

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TOPIC: Philadelphia Report
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Nov 21 2008 3:21 pm
From: treedunn@gmail.com

Today I was able to check out a drainage of the Schuylkill River
during my lunch break. I was only able to take a few readings, but
the area is worth going back to further investigate. Although,
nothing astounding was recorded, the average canopy height was
impressive.
The predominant species were Sycamores, Ash, Beech , Tulips and Red
Oaks
The trees I was able to record…..

Fraxinus Americana. 132 ft
Platanus occidentalis 130
Platanus cccidentalis 122
Quercus rubra 119
Liriodendron tulipifera 116
Quercus rubra 111

More to come…

Michael B. Dunn

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Nov 21 2008 6:51 pm
From: "Edward Frank"

Mike,

Thanks for the report. Where along the Schuylkill River were you measuring? What kind of a landscape/setting were the tree found in? Since you posted earlier about looking for a rangefinder, I am guessing these were laser rangefinder/clinometer measurements. I look forward to additional posts from you.

Ed

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Date: Fri, Nov 21 2008 7:16 pm
From: treedunn@gmail.com

Ed,
I was measuring in Gladwyne which is a close suburb of Philly. My
survey was along a creek bed that flows into the Schuykill and is
owned by one of our clients. I'll have to find the name of the
creek. Their are many potential big tree sites in these creek beds as
their topography made logging difficult. Yes, these are rangefinder/
clinometer measurements. I finally spent the money on the equipment.
Today was more or less a dry run and I will be posting in further
detail in the future.

Mike

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Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008 8:34 am
From: "Ryan McEwan"

My friend Jyh-min, now a professor in Taiwan, had an interesting method. He
would take a jammed borer and turn if a few turns into a nearby tree with
really "fluffy" bark. Like a big fluffy white oak. He would not even go
into the wood, just into the bark. It would push the jammed part back, and
the bark itself sort of crumbles so is no problem. I have not really tried
this myself, but he thought it worked well....

== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008 4:22 pm
From: DON BERTOLETTE

Gary-
Once you get it clean, you might try using WD-40 or PAM in between corings...
-DonRB>

== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008 6:53 pm
From: "Gary A. Beluzo"

Thanks Don, great idea.

Gary

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008 5:23 am
From: dbhguru@comcast.net

Mike,

Good to hear from you and glad to get the numbers. The area that you visited has long seen by the rest of us as having enormous potential.

Bob

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Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008 3:09 pm
From: treedunn@gmail.com

Scott,
I believe this is the same creek but further west then the Henry
Foundation. I too have wanted to check that area out. The spot where
route 23 doglegs by the creek looks real impressive. I've seen some
massive sycamores in that area. Ill be available after next weekend
for Swarthmore College.
Mike

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Date: Fri, Dec 5 2008 3:41 pm
From: Matthew Hannum

The Philly area has more large trees than one might expect, it seems!

I think there were some decent sized, old trees in the more historic
regions of Philly, but not near the newer additions to that area
(Constitution Center, etc.) - more in the older neighborhoods that are
not as "touristy." I was walking past some small park in that area
back in 1999, on my way to somewhere, I recall a huge sycamore that
was so large that the sidewalk was narrowed considerably as it passed
the tree. Sadly, I don't know where the tree is exactly located...
somewhere between Market and South Street, and in the less-tourist
focused, historic area of town. There is a reasonably large oak (I
believe) on the grounds of the Betsy Ross House. Like, the Sycamore,
it has clearly been there for some time.

Anyway, sorry to ramble - very nice trees you've found here, and they
are rather large for an area so close to a city.

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