Blow, blow, thou Autumn wind,

[Mr Ming]

4 years on and that Beech above (although reduced) still stands having gone through last weeks storm and now very heavily infected by Ganoderma.

 

 

the site took a fairly big hit last week

 

210 trees (so far) were affected by St Jude when it ripped through this part of north London last monday.

 

25 complete root failures

15 stem fractures

the rest are all canopy damaged

 

the below are a few of the failed trees.

Sheer stem crack from a buttress & root decayed hungarian oak, Meripilus on beech, shallow rooted beech & Phaeolus within pine

 

 

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That last shot of the Pine looks fantastic David... But wouldn't fancy tidying it up!!

[David Humphries]

lost a couple of sizeable oaks during the last 24hrs in the tail end of Hurricane Gonzales.

 

Both with seperate decay issues.

 

First one was a turkey oak being digested by the white rotting Ganoderma resinaceum at its base & Fomes fomentarius up the trunk into the scaffolds.

 

It was probably inevitable that it was going to go over at some point but a planned reduction early next year may have kept it standing for a bit longer.

 

 

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[Fredward]

Thats a huge bracket! Looks like it had already been reduced

[David Humphries]

Second one (which I'm more dissapointed about) was a fine Veteran oak which had decay issues with Collybia fusipes & Fistulina hepatica.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

I believe the Collybia played the primary role in the tree failure here rather than the heart decaying brown rot of Fistulina, with the roots significantly decayed.

 

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[David Humphries]

Second one (which I'm more dissapointed about) was a fine Veteran oak........

 

We reduced the canopy in November 2010 to try & protect it from wind load with a further reduction planned for next year (2015).

 

Nature has beaten me to the drop with this one

Or perhaps whatever we'd carried out previously and had planned was never going to be enough anyway ?

 

 

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[Goaty]

Mr Humphries, You missed a Thor like photo opportunity with that split. You could of posed with the crummiest of axes wedged in the bottom after the mighty strike. Demonstrating you physical vigor and dominance of your domain. We could of had hours of fun with a captions competition.

[David Humphries]

Thats a huge bracket! Looks like it had already been reduced

 

Was indeed a very large sporophore

 

There are over 25 growth increments on this particular fruit body (more on a further two fb's still on the trunk) which suggests that it's been present in this tree for a significant period.

 

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[David Humphries]

Mr Humphries, You missed a Thor like photo opportunity with that split. You could of posed with the crummiest of axes wedged in the bottom after the mighty strike. Demonstrating you physical vigor and dominance of your domain. We could of had hours of fun with a captions competition.

 

Oh there were one or two 'special' shots taken

 

I'm sure they will be shown in the fullness of time

 

 

 

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