Crown Spread - BC BigTree
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1. Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship
- BC BigTree Website
Measuring Trees (https://bigtrees.forestry.ubc.ca/measuring-trees/)
- Circumference
- Height measurements
- Crown spread
- Tree Importance Score
- Crown spread
Many trees have an irregular shaped crown. To account for this, crown spread is measured from branchtip to branchtip in two directions and then averaged. The first measure is taken where the crown is the widest. The second is taken at
90 degrees to the first, again where the crown is widest.
Crown spread can be measured on the ground with a measuring tape or with a hypsometer.
- BC BigTree Website
Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship (https://forestry.ubc.ca)
2424 Main Mall Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Crown spread | BC BigTree https://bigtrees.forestry.ubc.ca/measuring-trees/crown-spread/
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