| Striped
Maple |
Robert
Leverett |
| Sep
25, 2006 07:35 PDT |
Striped
Maple:
On Sunday, I went to Mohawk to use the
TruPulse. I had a feeling
that I might have a good day with the trees. Well, I did, but it
wasn't
with the white pines or tall hardwoods. It was with the striped
maples,
no less. I got a new northeastern height record at 65 feet –
the
TruPulse’s first conquest! The following table lists the
outstanding
striped maples that I've measured in Mohawk Trail State Forest.
Tall Striped Maples in MTSF
Hgt Cir DOM Location
65.0 1.7 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
60.5 1.8 16-Jul-04 Encampment G.
60.3 1.6 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
59.5 1.8 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
58.3 1.3 11-Aug-03 Trees of peace
56.5 1.7 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
56.0 1.7 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
48.4 2.0 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
47.2 1.9 24-Sep-06 Encampment G.
Years ago, I measured two striped maple
in Monroe State Forest, one
to 59 feet and the other to 57. The 59-footer was the height
champ
prior to the Mohawk trees.
Question to Dale Luthringer:
Dale, what's your best striped
maple measurement in Cook Forest? I
would imagine that there are many striped maples in PA between
45 and
60 feet, a few over 60, and perhaps one somewhere pushing 70.
Will
Blozan has the eastern record for the species in the Smokies,
with one a
little over 77 feet! That is the same height as the 105-year old
sliver
maple in my front yard. Jess Riddle may also have measured a
super
striped. I can't remember.
The new record striped
maple for Mohawk is in the ENTS Grove. It
is skinny at only 1.7 feet around and grows under a tall white
pine
canopy. There is plenty of air space for the striped maple
champ. The
100-120-year old white pine stands appear to be where to look
for the
record striped maples. The new champ has an injury at its base.
I doubt
that it will live longer than 5 to 7 more years, 10 at the most.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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| Re:
New Champ Striped Maple |
djluth-@pennswoods.net |
| Sep
26, 2006 10:47 PDT |
Bob,
Way to go on the new striped maple champ!!! I haven't found
squat down here yet
for Acer pennsylvanicum.
I haven't measured any at Cook Forest... I can't recall seeing
one here either,
thank God. The tallest I have on record right now, and I've
probably only
measured no more than 5 in the state, is located at the Tionesta
Scenic area at
0.8ft CBH x 24.7ft high. I think they've got almost as much
striped maple
regenerating their as Am. beech after all the recent blow downs
and beech bark
disease.
I feel pretty good that if I REALLY started looking for them, I
could find one
to break 35ft without too much trouble. Then again, if I sicked
Carl or Tony
on it, they might be able to pull another record out of thin
air... Carl just
found a new height record tulip for the park at 139.7ft, and a
new state height
for big tooth aspen here also at 110.8! I'm beginning to think
that John
Eicholz has some competition here... I'm hoping to find the new
tulip record
sometime today if I can get out of the office.
Dale
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| Re:
New Champ Striped Maple and TruPulse 200 testing |
Edward
Frank |
| Sep
26, 2006 11:32 PDT |
| Re:
New Champ Striped Maple |
Kirk
Johnson |
| Sep
26, 2006 12:35 PDT |
Ed,
There are a number of locations throughout the Allegheny
National Forest
with dense concentrations of striped maple. Off the top of my
head, I
remember encountering a lot of striped maple along a ridge top
in the
Allegheny Front area southwest of Warren (like Chestnut Ridge,
this is a
proposed wilderness area), the Upper Sheriff Run area southwest
of
Sheffield, and south of Kinzua Creek in the vicinity of Westline.
I know
there are other locations as well. If anyone is interested in
visiting any
of these areas, just shoot me an email and I can give you more
specific
directions on how to get there.
Kirk Johnson
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| Striped
Maple, MTSF, MA |
Robert
Leverett |
| Oct
02, 2006 05:33 PDT |
ENTS,
Enduring a cold and a sore throat,
yesterday I slogged through
periods of heavy rain to collect more striped maple data in
Mohawk. I
revisited the ENTS Grove which has the greatest collection of
tall
striped maples that I've seen. Basically, the tallest of the
species
seems to be found under a canopy of tall white pines. The
following
table lists 15 tall striped maples that I've measured. All but
one are
in the ENTS Grove. There will be other tall striped maples
confirmed in
other pine groves, but none will likely rival those in the ENTS
grove
for reasons that aren't entire clear. I remeasured the single
striped
maple in the Trees of Peace. Its height went from 58.3 to 59.8
feet. It
will almost certainly join the 60 and over club next season. I
remeasured the champion 65.0-footer yesterday and could confirm
64.0
feet easily, but had trouble consistently getting 65. It will
take a
third measurement to settle the issue. Most areas in MTSF that
have
abundant striped maple aren't suited to produce 50-foot
specimens. The
mature Striped Maples will continue to commonly be seen in the
25 to
45-foot range. Of that, I have little doubt, but a few stands
will
exhibit individuals in the 45-60-foot range and very
occasionally a
striped maple will top 60. At least that appears to be the story
for
MTSF, MSF, and environs. My next trip will be to Ice Glen to see
if the
striped maples there in the pine zones exhibit the same growth
patterns
as the Mohawk trees.
Location Circumference Height
Encampment Pines 1.7 65.0
Encampment Pines 1.8 60.5
Encampment Pines 1.6 60.3
Trees of Peace 1.3
59.9
Encampment Pines 1.8 59.5
Encampment Pines 1.7 56.5
Encampment Pines 1.7 56.0
Encampment Pines 1.8 54.0
Encampment Pines 1.7 52.0
Encampment Pines 1.7 51.5
Encampment Pines 1.7 50.0
Encampment Pines 2.0 48.4
Encampment Pines 1.5 47.5
Encampment Pines 1.9 47.2
Encampment Pines 1.4 44.0
The circumferences of these tall striped
maples are very consistent.
The largest ones I've measured in Mohawk are in the old growth
on steep
ridges. They vary from 24 to 39 inches CBH. I've exceeded 40
inches only
twice for the species - once in Vermont and once on Mt Greylock.
A web-based search of descriptions of striped maple commonly
list
maximum heights as 30 feet. One source gave 15 meters. So if
some of the
tall tree species are over-stated in the current literature, the
striped
maple is understated.
To the PA ENTS Team:
Well the Massachusetts striped maples have
laid down the challenge.
Acer pennsylvanicum is calling to you Dale, to you Scott, to you
Anthony,
to you Ed, and to you Carl. Oh yes, and by the way, so is that
very
illusive and almost unknown 12th commandment. I was privileged
to see it
on a fragile clay tablet only weeks ago. Can't reveal the
source. It's a
secret.
"Go ye forth into thine dense forest and seek out the
striped maples
and measure them once, nay twice, nay thrice and report back to
thy ENTS
brethren. Dally not, for thou art the keepers of the sacred
ciphers."
Imagine how surprised I was to learn of ENTS not just mentioned
in the
holy scriptures, but the subject of a commandment. Wow! Hmm,
gotta have
another swig of this great coffee. Wonder what's in it?
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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| Re:
Striped Maple |
Kirk
Johnson |
| Oct
06, 2006 14:50 PDT |
Bob, I went on a tour of the Allegheny National Forest once led
by a Forest
Service silviculturalist. He spoke pejoratively about striped
maple,
observing that he had only ever seen one striped maple tree in
his life get
large enough to be used as saw timber!
I like em too.
Kirk Johnson
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Striped
maple has often been referred to by some pretty
pejorative
terms by timber specialists wanting to promote the
growth of
economically valuable species. Depending on profession,
people seem to
have a love-hate relationship to those little striped
beauties.
Personally, I'm bullish on striped maple.
Bob |
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| Re:
Striped Maple |
Fores-@aol.com |
| Oct
06, 2006 15:08 PDT |
Bob:
I like striped maple for the green and white streaked pattern of
the bark
and the dense shade it can put out.
I haven't seen much of it since I left MA but it is really
common in
severely highgraded woodlots in Vermont. In extreme situations
striped maple can
form nearly pure patches but it tends to be very short lived and
I think that
it never gets to timber size because it dies before it gets
there....if you
cut it at the right time of the year when the bark is slippery
the small ones
can be easily made into flutes.
In WV most places it is common are higher elevations where
cutting has been
heavy....otherwise it isn't very common here....however, I would
take it in a
minute over garlic mustard, Japanese stiltgrass or Chinese tree
of heaven.
Russ |
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