120-Ring Tree Downed in Green-Wood Cemetery

Man counting rings on a cut down tree that has been uprooted from the ground.

Near the corner of Mulberry Avenue and Fern Avenue in Green-Wood Cemetery, Y and I saw this once mighty tree felled and its trunk removed. All that remained was its stump and roots that had been pulled from the ground–perhaps due to the recent rains and high winds. I counted at least 120 rings.

Tree stump shows signs of a wood boring insect infestation on its outer bands on over 1/2 its circumference.

The side it fell towards shows an extensive wood boring infestation (more than half the the circumference of the outer bands on the side toward the bottom of the photo). Perhaps its roots were weakened on that side, which contributed to its fall.

Switch to the satellite view of this point on Google Maps to see how large the tree was in better days.