Diversity Index Cook Forest, PA  
  

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TOPIC: Diversity Index Cook Forest
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/b57deaeb2b9e56af?hl=en 
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Date: Thurs, Jan 17 2008 1:39 pm
From: "Edward Frank"


ENTS,

Dale Luthringer sent the following to me regarding the Diversity index
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/measure/diversity_index.htm  Below are the
statistics for Cook Forest State Park:

Diversity Index Native (DIn) = 45
Acreage = 8,500 areas

Ed Frank

"I am not bound to please thee with my answers."
William Shakespeare


----- Original Message -----
From: "Luthringer, Dale J" 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: "species & acreage" index


Ed,

We've been able to document 45 native woody species at Cook Forest. We've
measured 43 of them. We've yet to measure speckled alder & silky dogwood.
There very well could be an alternate leaf dogwood and northern arrowood at
the park, but I can't visually draw one from my "archives". The park lists
8500 acres on its website, but this is a rough figure. There has been no
release of information concerning actual acreage after recent land
acquisitions.

Dale