Geoff Kegerreis wrote:




Ironwood varies from 1" to 8" with most 3"-4". I'm talkin' I have a
LOT of
this in the mid-story. Basal area averages 9.5 sq/ft per acre.

Just a curiousity; are you a forester or an engineer, or other, what is
it you do (or did?) for a living? - reason that I ask is that you state
"9.5 ft^2 ", which is an unusual term for a forester to use, generally.
I would, however expect an engineer to use this terminology.




He may have simply measured diameters on a fixed plot basis. No prism
needed.