Native Tree Society BBS

Hi Ents, I keep working on the FIA-COLE volume-biomass calculators. The attached Excel workbook is getting there for eastern white pine. It contains a shortcut formula that comes within about 1% of what the workbook gives. You can use the formula in the field. But to use the workbook to calculate ab...

Micheal,

Thanks for the feedback. It is gratifying to know that our reticle-based measuring can be applied to the California behemoths.

Bob

Joshua,

Kudos to you. It give us hope that careful stewardship can bring back natural flora.

Bob

Ryan, A worthy project for us could be to tell the story of the species in New England. So far, I have a single tulip over 140 in Massachusetts, but there probably quite a few over 130. We have two on our property just a few years from where I'm sitting. Regardless, the species would make a good sto...

Ryan,

No, I haven't. Do you have an image of it? Is it in a location that allows it to be easily measured?

Bob

Brian, From the early 1990s when I first visited Walker Cove, you've put the watershed on the map. It is great to see what this exceptional watershed grows. I was surprised at the 166-foot white pine. Again, white pine and tulip trees duke it out for first place, but there are soooo many more tall t...

Brian,

Pretty impressive. Are the Arboretum managers aware of your measurements? So far, I've seen no evidence that most arboretum personnel have mastered height measurement, so we have a mission to bring them up to date.

Bob

Ryan,

Again, congratulations! CT's tulips are recapturing some of the state's lost glory when the Cathedral Pines blew down.

Bob

Ryan,

You are single-handedly putting Connecticut on the map. What we are seeing is the maturing of tuliptree across the landscape. Connecticut is the only New England state with a capability for 160-foot tulips.

Bob

Ryan,

I expect around 2,300 or 2,400 cubes. Armed with a toolkit of new reticle formulas, hopefully, Jared and I can do a thorough job later this year.

Bob