We always record DBH and drip radius.
Species, DBH of all trunks, drip
I avoid such work like the plague.?ÿ Unless it drops an apple on my head it might be anything but an apple tree.?ÿ One surveyor says it's an elm and a different one says it's a hackberry and it is definitely the same tree.?ÿ I gave up on that years ago.
Around here, municipalities provide guidance on how to measure and describe those sorts of things. Fortunately, they are all different and change every couple of years.
On a tree like that I'd probably just shoot them separately.?ÿ
Dang good question,?ÿ I have used all kinds of descriptions for these.
My toughest thing has been labels or do you give a written narrative with pictures, this has been my go-to way as of late. Show point numbers on drawing with some symbol and then include a written explanation with pictures for the client. Plats get so busy with notations. Required certifications.
Can the client actually figure out what parcel we actually have surveyed.
@holy-cow ahh, and I thought @rankin_file was recording a shot he took on an oddly proportioned teacher.
24" & 32" twin white oak
24" & 32" & 36" triple white oak
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I've always had a problem calling them twins if the trunks aren't at least close to the same diameter.
I would call it 24" & 32" double white oak.
M3 10-8-6" OAK 28'
I have it set up in Civil3D in the description key set to automatically scale and describe the tree based off the field call (to an extent). In your situation I??d measure the base of the trees total diameter to accurately plot its footprint, then measure each trunk at 48? above the ground (breast height) for the correct labeling of each trees size. I used to average them, but when you start getting into big clusters the size doesn??t accurately scale compared to its footprint.
TWNC 30 F 24 F 20, plots a twin conifer symbol with a 30? diameter footprint, and lets me know to label it a 24? Fir and 20? Fir.
TWND = Twin deciduous
CLUC = Cluster of Conifer trees
CLUD = Cluster of deciduous trees
I was told by a forester that the correct term is bifurcated.?ÿ I code most points including trees, so my code always begins with a "T".?ÿ In this example "T Oak28-26 Bif".?ÿ
North Carolina has 29 species of oaks and I can only identify about eight without a guide.?ÿ If I know it's a live oak I'll add that to the description too.?ÿ?ÿ
Stump.
What would you call this one?
Well, now,?ÿ you see, I would call that a "lady" tree.?ÿ If a limb had sprung forth a short distance above the joining of the "legs" and then been sawed off some distance outward from the trunk(s) and died, it could be called an "old man" tree
