Tree Data Species Girth Tree Rings Comments White Pine 30.7 112 rings branch-stump of co-leader 20 ft. up; early rings very wide, later rings narrow, age estimate: l30 years White Pine 107 rings 115 yrs stump, 1.15 ft. radius White Pine 33.6 by road Red Oak 63 rings stump 7" radius White Pine 29.6 2 leaders White Pine 30.4 sapling pine at base, tree has 2 leaders White Pine 29.7 White Pine 23.9 fire scar White Pine 138 rings stump radius .7 ft. decaying center; tree age est. l50 years White Pine 29.2 White Pine 25.3 White Pine 29.6 White Pine 80 rings stump 5.2" radius White Pine 140 rings old stump radius 1.1 ft.; tree l50 yrs. old White Pine 31.6 by gravel road Also some large open-grown White pines by Boat Launch White Pine 40.1 largest Pine seen White Pine 37.6

Site 1:
Pine Grove Boat Launch
1.5 acres

Dominant: White Pine
Associate: Red Oak, Black Cherry, Red Maple (small), Sugar Maple, Yellow Birch

This second-growth White Pine stand is extremely beautiful. Old-growth White Pine is rare or non-existent in this region, and this is the only substantial stand of older (over 100 years) White Pine we've found in central NY. The Pines average 80-90 feet tall, and 24-28 inch dbh. The Pines are forest-grown, straight and tall, and of many ages, down to seedlings, grow under them. This site is not old-growth, as it lacks characteristic pit and mound windfall topography, and the oldest Pines are only 130-150 years. The site possibly occupies a field abandoned between 1840 and 1850.

Tree Data Species Girth Tree Rings Comments Red Oak 45.6 biggest tree on site, partly forest-grown Red Oak 38.1 Red Oak 146 rings stump radius 1 ft.; tree age 122 years old

Site 2:
Day Use Picnic Area
about 10 acres

Dominant: Red Oak, Sugar Maple
Associate: Beech, Hop Hornbeam, Basswood, White Pine, Hemlock, White Ash, Black Cherry, Shagbark Hickory, White Cedar, Red Pine, Paper Birch, Black Locust, Red Maple

This site consists of big trees in lawns, and is not a forest. The largest trees are Red Oaks that seem to be 150-200 years old, but most trees should be younger. The biggest Red Oaks have been topped, with tops cut off.

Tree Data Species dbh (inches) Tree Rings Comments Beech l05 stump radius 1.1 feet; tree age 115 years Beech l00 stump radius 6.5 inches; tree age 115 years White Ash 25.5 White Ash l70! stump radius .85 feet; inner rings narrow, compressed, outer rings wide; indicates grew in a forest; growth accelerated when tree reached canopy; age est. 190 years White Ash 27.1 Sugar Maple 125 log radius .7 feet; fell from 25 ft. up Sugar Maple 32.6 shaggy old-age bark; tree age est. at least 200 years! Hemlock 24.7 Beech log: extreme spiral grain Sugar Maple 30.6 balding bark of old age Beech 26.2 ~180 log radius .85 feet from 20 ft. up; rings, very tight and compressed, age est. 220 years! Beech 23.5 next to above, still alive but with severe bark wound Sugar Maple 170 stump radius 1.7 feet; on hill near road; tree age est. l90 years White Ash 30.7 leaning precariously Red Oak 33.2 Red Oak giant in hollow; one of largest Red Oaks in NY, over 200 years old; 3 trunks (coppiced), each trunk diameter 40 inches or more!; diameter of one trunk: 43.3 inches!; dbh of all 3 trunks (where they rise from common center) incredible 84 inches (7 feet)! Coppicing normally occurs after tree is cut down, then sprouts from stump; possibly an early pioneer cut down a Red Oak in this forest before 1800 Beech 26.6 alive (largest Beech trees seem to be unhealthy) Sugar Maple 28.6 spiral grain, shaggy bark

Site 3:
Woodland Trail Forest
behind Day Use Picnic area
about 8 acres

Dominant: Sugar Maple, Beech (most large logs are Beech)
Co-Dominant: Red Oak in 1 section, White Ash in another
Associate: White Pine, Hemlock, Yellow Birch, Paper Birch (near edges), Basswood, Red Maple, Hop Hornbeam

This site has been determined to be an Old-Growth Forest, possibly the first old-growth forest to be documented in Oswego County! Old-growth signs are abundant, including pit and mound topography caused by the decay of wind-felled trees over a period of centuries, many logs in varying states of decay, snags (standing dead trees), trees that are very large for species and site, and ring counts from stumps and log cross-sections of from 150-180 years with trees potentially from 200-250 years .old. The site is on an exposed bluff at the east end of Lake Ontario, and strong winds cause the tree to have twisted crowns that are lower than would be normally the case in old-growth. Most trees in this stand appear to be 80-90 ft. tall, and few trees appear to be taller than that.

Tom Howard
Central NY Survey Team
NY Old-Growth Forest Association
April 13, 2002

New York Old Growth Forest Association — www.championtrees.org/NYOGFA/ — updated: 9/4/2002