Taking Data.
On the third day, our group took data on some of the chestnut trees
that had been found. We measured trees along a hill going up in
elevation in the morning as a whole group. We found many large size
trees, mainly Castanea henryi. One of the most difficult
problem encountered was finding out whether a particular tree was a
Chinese chestnut, a Henry chinkapin or Seguin chestnut. This time of
year was almost ideal because of the bur production -- seeing how many
nuts per bur, along with various leaf morphological characteristics
really helped key out certain individuals.
In the afternoon, after an atypically light lunch, we split into two groups. GROUP 1 - Songlin, Sara, Kim, and Li Daoshin headed down a trail and across the creek to climb up a slope across from the main areas in which we worked in the morning. GROUP 2 - The Freds, Dr. He Wei, and one of our other Chinese guides paralleled the main jeep trail on which we'd been working the previous morning. They kept about 20-50 feet off the road and took data.
Both groups primarily found the same thing, which was a whole lot of Castanea henryi (zhui li), but Group 1 found Seguin chestnut (mao li) and Group 2 found more Chinese chestnut (ban li).
At the end of the day, we all sat around entering and taking a look at the data, formulated a plan for the upcoming fourth, and last day, that we'd be at Dalaoling.
Songlin stands next to a chestnut tree (likely Castanea mollissima) in the first area where we all took data. This is also the site where we first found a confirmed case of chestnut blight that was described in the previous post.
Sara stands next to a large, almost 30" diameter chestnut stump in the location of where our group first took data. Species could not be confirmed, but it is certainly chestnut.
Li Daoshin, Songlin Fei, and Sara Fitzsimmons rest while climbing to take data on various chestnut trees.
Kim measures a large, 90ft. tall zhui li during the afternoon portion of data collection at Dalaoling.
The group enter data after a long day of climbing around and measuring trees.
In the afternoon, after an atypically light lunch, we split into two groups. GROUP 1 - Songlin, Sara, Kim, and Li Daoshin headed down a trail and across the creek to climb up a slope across from the main areas in which we worked in the morning. GROUP 2 - The Freds, Dr. He Wei, and one of our other Chinese guides paralleled the main jeep trail on which we'd been working the previous morning. They kept about 20-50 feet off the road and took data.
Both groups primarily found the same thing, which was a whole lot of Castanea henryi (zhui li), but Group 1 found Seguin chestnut (mao li) and Group 2 found more Chinese chestnut (ban li).
At the end of the day, we all sat around entering and taking a look at the data, formulated a plan for the upcoming fourth, and last day, that we'd be at Dalaoling.
Songlin stands next to a chestnut tree (likely Castanea mollissima) in the first area where we all took data. This is also the site where we first found a confirmed case of chestnut blight that was described in the previous post.
Sara stands next to a large, almost 30" diameter chestnut stump in the location of where our group first took data. Species could not be confirmed, but it is certainly chestnut.
Li Daoshin, Songlin Fei, and Sara Fitzsimmons rest while climbing to take data on various chestnut trees.
Kim measures a large, 90ft. tall zhui li during the afternoon portion of data collection at Dalaoling.
The group enter data after a long day of climbing around and measuring trees.
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