NY Old Growth Forest Assoc.     DATA SHEET 1 of 1     Forest Survey Report
ELDERS GROVE (Paul Smiths College) Tree Data: Size & Age   March 28 & 29                  
Team:1:Howard Stoner,Maria Hosmer Briggs, Mary Warchoki, Bill Crowe,2:John Husson, Holly Sullivan, Beverly Hackett, Craig Reynolds, Margaret Stoner
                           
Section     Altitude   Size: Ecotype     Altitude     Size: acres
                       
D Tree Measurements: large trees     SIZE     AGE      
  species location condition girth dbh height no. rings core length est. age comments
1 White Pine n44:25:55.9/w74:13:20.1     10.0 38.4 157     320 El.1692ft "lefty"
2 White Pine             "     11.7 44.9 146.0     380      "     "beech hugger"
3 White Pine                 "     12.3 47.1 139.0     400        "        "leaner"
4 White Pine                 "     15.3 58.3                "          "knee"
5 White Pine                 "         150.0              "          "righty"
6 White Pine                 "     9.4 35.9 143.0     300        "          "extreme right"
7 Red Spruce n44:25:55.6/w74:13:24.4   6.8 25.9 86.0       El.1680ft "1st of 3"
8 White Pine                "     8.4 32.2 126.0     270 El.1680ft "2nd of 3"
9 White Pine n44:25:56.4/w74:13:27.6 wind throw 10.4 39.6   90 4.5in 330 El.1680ft  20 yrs/inch
10 White Pine n44:25:55.4/w74:13:21.1 wind throw       117 4 in   29 yrs/ inch  
11 White Pine                  "   wind throw       34 2 in   17 yrs/inch  near core
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14 Girth in decimal feet                
15 dbh in decimal inches                
16 Height in feet                
17 Latitude dd:mm:ss.s/Longitude ddd:mm:ss.s                
                 
D Additional Comments                    
This grove is dominated by white pine with northern hardwood understory. The surrounding forest is a mix of northern hardwoods and conifers.  My estimated ages are based on 17 rings per inch, the least of the counts from three wind throw trees.